ENGLISH VOCABULARY

🌴CONVALESCE (V): recuperate

Synonyms: recover, improve

Antonyms: deteriorate

Example: He spent eight months convalescing after the stroke.

🌴GREGARIOUS (ADJ): social

Synonyms: sociable, companionable

Antonyms: unsociable

Example: He was a popular and gregarious man.

🌴EXQUISITE (ADJ): beautiful

Synonyms: lovely, elegant

Antonyms: crude

Example: The Indians brought in exquisite designs and beadwork to sell.

🌴FEASIBLE (ADJ): practicable

Synonyms: practical, workable

Antonyms: impractical

Example: It is not feasible to put most finds from excavations on public display.

🌴TRANQUILLIZE (V): sedate

Synonyms: soothe, pacify

Antonyms: agitate

Example: The dogs had to be tranquillized before their owner's body could be brought out.

🌴IMPROBABLE (ADJ): inauthentic

Synonyms: unconvincing, unbelievable

Antonyms: believable

Example: The characters have improbable names.

🌴IMPULSE (N): wildness

Synonyms: spontaneity, recklessness

Antonyms: premeditation

Example: She was solely a woman of impulse, not premeditation.

🌴WRECK (V): ruin

Synonyms: spoil, disrupt

Antonyms: facilitate

Example: An eye injury wrecked his chances of a professional career.

🌴TORMENT (N): agony

Synonyms: suffering, torture

Antonyms: pleasure

Example: Their deaths have left both families in torment.

🌴FELICITOUS (ADJ): apt

Synonyms: well chosen, choice

Antonyms: inappropriate

Example: It was a felicitous phrase.

🌴IMPOVERISH (V): weaken 

Synonyms: sap, exhaust 

Antonyms: strengthen 

Example: The soil was impoverished by annual burning. 

🌴AMENABLE (ADJ): compliant 

Synonyms: acquiescent, biddable 

Antonyms: uncooperative 

Example: All parents want their children to be amenable. 

🌴 IGNOMINIOUS (ADJ): humiliating 

Synonyms: undignified, embarrassing 

Antonyms: glorious 

Example: No other party risked ignominious defeat. 

🌴DISCLOSURE (N): revelation 

Synonyms: divulgence, declaration 

Antonyms: concealment 

Example: He cannot prevent the disclosure of information. 

🌴CUSTOMARILY (ADV): usually 

Synonyms: traditionally, normally 

Antonyms: occasionally 

Example: The leaves are customarily used for animal fodder. 

🌴CUTTING-EDGE (ADJ): advanced 

Synonyms: innovative, pioneering. 

Antonyms: conventional 

Example: The company succeeded as it uses cutting-edge technology. 

🌴ENTIRETY (N): whole 

Synonyms: sum, total 

Antonyms: part 

Example: She would have to stay in her room for the entirety of the weekend. 

🌴LUMINOUS (ADJ): shining 

Synonyms: bright, brilliant 

Antonyms: dark 

Example: The dial on his watch is luminous. 

🌴DISSUADE (V): deter 

Synonyms: discourage, prevent 

Antonyms: persuade 

Example: My friends try to dissuade me from flying. 

🌴LEGITIMATE (ADJ): valid 

Synonyms- sound, admissible 

Antonyms: invalid 

Example- His excuse for being late was legitimate.