Synonyms : Vocabulary Words - 47

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1. FEALTY (NOUN): allegiance

Synonyms: faithfulness, loyalty

Antonyms: inconstancy, treachery

Example Sentence:

Republican fealty to the interests of the investor class has been long-standing.

2. SKITTISH (ADJECTIVE): very nervous

Synonyms: fearful, fickle Antonyms: calm, collected

Example Sentence:

Banks were just too skittish to loan out their new reserves.

3. REDACT (VERB): rewrite, refine

Synonyms: alter, amend Antonyms: scatter, separate

Example Sentence:

The Times ended up publishing some documents that did not redact the names of active intelligence

officers.

4. RAIL (VERB): criticize harshly

Synonyms: castigate, complain Antonyms: defend, praise

Example Sentence:

Certainly, these costumes are easy to laugh at, but the time to rail against them has come and gone.

5. PERDURABLE (ADJECTIVE): continuing

Synonyms: durable, enduring Antonyms: ceasing, ending

Example Sentence:

The primal object of religion is to disclose to us this perdurable basis of life, and foster

our growth into communion with it.

6. PENITENT (ADJECTIVE): shamed, sorrowful

Synonyms: repentant, atoning Antonyms: happy, unashamed

Example Sentence:

Still, that might not do it: not every believer, or even all members of the penitent, will be taken.

7. OVERWROUGHT (ADJECTIVE): exhausted and excited

Synonyms: frantic, agitated Antonyms: rested, unruffled

Example Sentence:

But its legislative reaction is overwrought, and bordering on the fascist.

8. REVELRY (NOUN): merrymaking

Synonyms: festivity, celebration Antonyms: sadness, mourning

Example Sentence:

They crossed the street to avoid a quagmire, but the sound of revelry followed them.

9. DOGGEREL (NOUN): expressive, rhythmic literary work

Synonyms: verse, poems Antonyms: prose, essay

Example Sentence:

Whilst droning out your doggerel you're forgetting your driving.

10. IRATE (ADJECTIVE): angry

Synonyms: annoyed, enraged Antonyms: cheerful, happy

Example Sentence:

In one episode, two undercover air marshals subdued and handcuffed the irate traveler in question.