1.Prognosis
Meaning: an opinion, based on medical experience, of the likely course of a
medical condition, a forecast of the likely outcome of a situation.
Synonym: prediction, projection
Antonym:calculation,measurement
Sentence:"gloomy prognoses about overpopulation"
Meaning: put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger
of loss, harm, or failure.
Synonym: threaten, endanger, imperil, menace, risk,
Antonym: safeguard
Sentence:"a devaluation of the dollar would jeopardize New York's position as a
financial centre"
3.Quintessential
Meaning: representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.
synonyms: classic, definitive, exemplary, imitable
Antonym: poor, substandard,
usage: "a selfless desire to help others is the quintessence of the virtue of charity"
4.Purloin
Meaning: to take (something that belongs to someone else)
synonyms: steal
Antonym: bestow, contribute,
usage: the studio stepped up security, fearing that someone might attempt to purloin a copy of the script
5.Irrefragable
Meaning: impossible to refute
synonyms: certain, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible
Antonym: controversial, debated, disputed;
usage: "the prosecutor painstakingly built an irrefragable case"
6.Putative
Meaning: generally considered or reputed to be
synonyms: prima facie, apparent, reputed, seeming, supposed
Antonym:hidden, inapparent; implausible,
usage: "I was discouraged to find yet another putative director wandering about in the Cowan offices"
7.Stampede
Meaning: a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals.
Synonym: charge, panic, rush,
Antonym: retreat, standing
Sentence: "the herd was fleeing back to the high land in a wild stampede"
8.Envisage
Meaning: contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event
Synonym: foresee, predict, forecast
Antonym: disregard, ignore
Sentence: "the Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers"
9.Harbinger
Meaning: a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another., a forerunner of something.
Synonym: herald, sign, indicator,
Sentence: "these works were not yet opera but they were the most important harbinger of opera"
10.Proliferate
Meaning: increase rapidly in number; multiply.
Synonym: increase rapidly, grow rapidly, multiply,
Antonym: decrease, dwindle
Sentence: "the science fiction magazines which proliferated in the 1920s"
1.Obviate
Meaning: to make (something) no longer necessary: to prevent or avoid (something)
Synonym: avert, forestall, prevent, preclude,
Antonym: cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nurture, promote
Sentence: The new medical treatment obviates the need for surgery.
2.Culpable
Meaning: deserving blame; guilty of doing something wrong
Synonym: censurable, blameworthy, reprehensible,
Antonym: flawless, perfect, pure; guiltless, innocent
Sentence: They held her culpable for the accident.
3.Intermittent
Meaning- starting, stopping, and starting again: not constant or steady
Synonym-continual, on-and-off, periodic
Antonym - eternal, everlasting, interminable, perpetual
Sentence-The patient was having intermittent pains in his side.
4.Renegade
Meaning- a person who leaves one group, religion, etc., and joins another that opposes it
Synonym-apostate, defector, deserter,
Antonym -disciple, follower, supporter
Sentence-They were renegades who thought they had permission to steal from the rich …”
5.Mercenary
Meaning-a
soldier who is paid by a foreign country to fight in its army: a
soldier who will fight for any group or country that hires him
Synonym-acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting,
Antonym -nonmaterialistic; altruistic,
Sentence-His motives in choosing a career were purely mercenary.
6.Mediocre
Meaning- not very good
Synonym-common, fair, indifferent, medium,
Antonym - excellent, exceptional, exquisite, fabulous, fantastic,
Sentence-The dinner was delicious, but the dessert was mediocre.
7.Exasperation (noun)
Meaning: The state of being irritated
Synonym: irritation, frustration
Antonym: delight, joy, pleasure
Sentence: The longer Jorge waited in line at the ticket counter, the more his exasperation grew.
8.Absolve (verb)
Meaning:To forgive; to free from guilt
Synonym: exculpate, pardon
Antonym: charge, impeach, indict; convict
Sentence: Marta felt greatly relieved after her mother absolved her for breaking the vase.
9.Epitaph (noun)
Meaning: Brief statement honouring a dead person
Synonym: inscription, eulogy
Sentence:"Beloved by all," was the epitaph Edgar chose for his wife's tombstone.
10.Misanthrope
Meaning: a person who does not like other people
Synonym: cynic, naysayer, pessimist
Antonym: idealist, sentimentalist, optimist,Sentence: a former misanthrope who now professes a newly discovered love of mankind
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