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Immaculate
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1. IMMACULATE (ADJECTIVE)
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very clean; unspoiled
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Synonyms
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spotless, flawless
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Antonyms
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defective, imperfect
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Example Sentence
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The clinic, a
large house surrounded by single-family homes, is immaculate, smelling of
fresh cilantro and coffee beans.
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2. SIMULACRUM (NOUN)
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copy
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Synonyms
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carbon, duplicate
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Antonyms
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dissimilarity, opposite
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Example Sentence
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They radiate
from the surface of the skin and reproduce a simulacrum, as it were, of the
surface.
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3. STEELY (ADJECTIVE)
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cruel, heartless
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Synonyms
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brutal, callous
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Antonyms
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sympathetic, gentle
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Example Sentence
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She’s a steely
ingénue, a fair-faced heroine, a leading lady.
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4. EXIGUOUS (ADJECTIVE)
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scanty
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Synonyms
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bare, confined
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Antonyms
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plenty, many
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Example Sentence
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There are
plenty of references to them indeed, but they are exiguous and dull.
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5. REMISS (ADJECTIVE)
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careless, thoughtless
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Synonyms
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lazy, forgetful
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Antonyms
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scrupulous, mindful
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Example Sentence
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And yet I would
be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your
generous decision has generated.
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6. OOMPH (NOUN)
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energy
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Synonyms
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fortitude, potency
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Antonyms
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inactivity, dullness
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Example Sentence
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All the oomph
in the U.S. economy was delivered by the top 10% of households.
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7. CATACLYSM (NOUN)
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disaster
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Synonyms
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calamity, catastrophe
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Antonyms
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blessing, miracle
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Example Sentence
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Men everywhere
felt that the social system was threatened with a cataclysm.
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8. ACCROACH (VERB)
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claim without justification
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(ACCROACH
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Synonyms
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assume, expropriate
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Antonyms
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abstain, refuse
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Example Sentence
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Perhaps most
controversially, constructor is authorized to accroach land wherever it
wants.
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9. MANEUVER (NOUN)
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move, tactic (MANEUVER
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Synonyms
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action, procedure
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Antonyms
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ignorance, cessation
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Example Sentence
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So Italy faces
a plague of maneuver, of futile deals, endemic deadlock and, sooner rather
than later, a new round of elections.
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10. STERN (ADJECTIVE)
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serious, authoritarian
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Synonyms
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harsh, rigid
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Antonyms
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easy, flexible
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Example Sentence
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The country had
very good technical training, but its labor laws were stern.
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