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Denouement
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1. DENOUEMENT (NOUN)
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the end result
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Synonyms
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completion, culmination
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Antonyms
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beginning, opening
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Example Sentence
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Among the schemes that did go
forward to denouement was an offering of mortgage-related securities.
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2. UNSULLIED (ADJECTIVE)
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clean
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Synonyms
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pristine, pure
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Antonyms
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tarnished, impure
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Example Sentence
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What is here meant, is, that we
pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood, that the statements are true.
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3. SONOROUS (ADJECTIVE)
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resonant
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Synonyms
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booming, thundering
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Antonyms
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incomplete, silence
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Example Sentence
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The ancient cities, the dreamy
harbors, the sonorous street names that no longer existed.
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4. ANATHEMATIZE (VERB)
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curse
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Synonyms
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imprecate, maledict
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Antonyms
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admire, laud
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Example Sentence
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Be sure, that girl,
anathematize as she may, will never be permitted to enter that convent.
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5. BLACKBALL (VERB)
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expel from group
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Synonyms
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ban, blacklist
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Antonyms
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accept, admit
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Example Sentence
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A radio executive said the Bush
White House told them explicitly who they were expected to blackball from
their airwaves.
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6. REVULSION (NOUN)
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disgust, hatred
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Synonyms
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dislike, distaste
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Antonyms
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like, love
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Example Sentence
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Or is it revulsion at the offensive
incivility of the process, at the arrogance of these youths?
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7. FORSWEAR (VERB)
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abandon, disavow
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Synonyms
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forgo, renounce
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Antonyms
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opening, accept
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Example Sentence
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“Then I forswear all rash
promises for the future,” he declared.
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8. EARSPLITTING (ADJECTIVE)
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loud
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Synonyms
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noisy, shrill
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Antonyms
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low, soft
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Example Sentence
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An earsplitting crack was
followed by a mosquito-like voice singing in the wilderness.
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9. INGRATIATORY (ADJECTIVE)
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insinuating
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Synonyms
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disarming, flattering
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Antonyms
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reproachful, insulting
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Example Sentence
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They ingratiate themselves with
the Nationalists instead of supporting their own.
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10. STOUTHEARTED (ADJECTIVE)
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brave, courageous
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Synonyms
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bold, daring
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Antonyms
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meek, coward
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Example Sentence
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Many of them had lost their
all, yet the worst sufferers seemed by far the most stouthearted of the
forlorn crowd.
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