Word, part of speech | Definition | Synonym & Antonym | Sentence |
Dissemble | conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs. | Pretend deceive, tell unveil | An honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble |
Supersede | take the place of (a person or thing previously in authority or use | Replace substitute, accept keep | the older models have now been superseded |
Repudiate | refuse to accept or be associated with. | Reject renounce, embrace accept | He has publicly repudiated the government's policies |
Apoplectic | overcome with anger; extremely indignant. | Furious enraged, delighted pleased | She was positively apoplectic with anger when she realized she had been cheated. |
Burly | (of a person) large and strong; heavily built. | Sturdy muscular, puny skinny | He was big and burly, looking a bit like a barrel wearing a suit |
Hapless | (especially of a person) unfortunate. | Unlucky cursed, lucky fortunate | she was portrayed as the hapless victim of circumstance |
Homely | (of a place or surroundings) simple but cozy and comfortable, as in one's own home. | Cozy comfortable, formal uncomfortable | We try and provide a very homely atmosphere. |
Jocund | cheerful and lighthearted. | Cheerful happy, depressed melancholy | "He was always jocund and grinning, while I always just stare in annoyance." |
Proclivity | a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing. | Liking inclination, hesitation dislike | He soon demonstrated his proclivity for criminal action when he was caught stealing money from his employer. |
Supercilious | behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others. | Arrogant haughty, humble modest | It was a different man this time, but he had the same supercilious expression |
Sycophant | A person who attempts to gain advantage by flattering influential people or behaving in a servile manner. | Flatterer creep, Skeptic freethinker | The emperor's fondness for Li Po made him a target of jealousy for snobs and sycophants at court. |
Vacuous | not expressing or showing intelligent thought or purpose | Blank vacant, excessive meaningful | He had a vacuous expression on his face. |
Anachronistic | belonging to a period other than that being portrayed. | Vintage historical, present modern | This needed to be done without infusing the story with anachronistic music and hip lingo. |
Edify | instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually. | Educate instruct, corrode downgrade | He that prophesies edifies the church. |
Eschew | deliberately avoid using; abstain from. | Give up renounce, comply submit | he appealed to the crowd to eschew violence |
Galvanize | to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock | Jolt shock, demotivate exhaust | He is hoping that going public will galvanize his fellow citizens. |
Paucity | the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity. | Scarcity shortage, abundance surplus | There is a paucity of information, but one can draw some conclusions from the figures available. |
Colloquially | in the language of ordinary or familiar conversation; informally. | Local slang, inner, universal global | His highly colloquial use of the language had seemed cute at first. |
Visceral | relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect. | Instinctive gut feeling, logical reasoned | Some people have a visceral hatred of anything nuclear and make much of the risk to future generations. |
Occult | supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena. | Paranormal magic, normal obvious | For many, they have viewed it with suspicion, as though it bordered on the occult |
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