Synonyms and Antonyms : Vocabulary words - 116

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Expository
1. EXPOSITORY (ADJECTIVE)	intended to explain or describe something
Synonyms	explicative, elucidative
Antonyms	inexpressive, undemonstrative
Example Sentence	The film suffers from too many expository dialogues.

2. CHAGRIN (NOUN)	a feeling of annoyance or mortification
Synonyms	disappointment, humiliation
Antonyms	happiness, pleasure
Example Sentenc	Much to his chagrin, she didn't remember him at all.

3. CLANDESTINE (ADJECTIVE)	kept or done in secre
t Synonyms	secret, private
Antonym	open, overt
Example Sentence	They are said to have been holding clandestine meetings for years

4. HEEDLESS (ADJECTIVE)	paying no attention
Synonyms	careless, inconsiderate
Antonyms	heedful, attentive
Example Sentence	She scattered the letters about in her heedless haste.

5. INORDINATE (ADJECTIVE)	exceeding reasonable limits
Synonyms	excessive, unreasonable
Antonyms	moderate, limited
Example Sentence	They spent an inordinate amount of time talking

6. INSIDIOUS (ADJECTIVE)	working harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner
Synonyms	deceptive, slick
Antonyms	straightforward, artless
Example Sentence	They focus on overt racism rather than insidious aspects of racism

7. PESTER (VERB)	to annoy persistently
Synonyms	irritate, annoy
Antonyms	pacify, comfort
Example Sentence	He's always hanging round and pestering me.

8. PUERILE (ADJECTIVE)	immature, especially in being silly or trivial
Synonyms	childish, silly
Antonyms	mature, sensible
Example Sentence	I must confess that this puerile explanation gave me great pleasure.

9. PUSILLANIMOUS (ADJECTIVE)	lacking courage
Synonyms	timorous, chicken-hearted
Antonyms	fearless, presumptuous
Example sentence	The authorities are too pusillanimous to deal with this situation.

10. SANGUINE (ADJECTIVE)	cheerfully confident
Synonyms	optimistic, buoyant
Antonyms	pessimistic, gloomy
Example Sentence	He's remarkably sanguine about the problems involved.

11. DIVULGE (VERB)	To make known (something private or secret).
Synonyms	disclose, expose
Antonyms	conceal, hide
Example Sentence	Then bending again to Raoul, he whispered "Above all things do not divulge your name.

12. SIMPER (VERB)	smile coyly
Synonyms	sneer, smirk
Antonyms	frown, growl E
xample Sentence	"I hope I see you well, Miss Florence," she simpered.

13. CONVALESCENT (ADJECTIVE)	recovering from illness
Synonyms	ambulatory, healing
Antonym	regressing, sickly
Example Sentence	I treated him as a convalescent, not as a sick man.

14. FATHOM (VERB)	measure the depth (of feeling)
Synonyms	comprehend, penetrate
Antonyms	neglect, misinterpret
Example Sentence	It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child.

15. INARTICULATE (ADJECTIVE)	unable to express oneself clearly
Synonyms	incoherent, blurred
Antonyms	articulate, communicative
Example Sentence	He made an inarticulate noise in the back of his throat.

16. VENGEANCE (NOUN)	revenge; punishment for a wrong
Synonyms	reprisal, requital
Antonym	forgiveness, pardon
Example Sentence	Yes, I would bear my sorrows, and become great, that in a day to be I might wreak vengeance on the king.

17. BESEECH (VERB)	beg earnestly
Synonyms	implore, adjure
Antonyms	refuse, give
Example Sentence	She beseeched him to cut his drinking and smoking.

18. CHAFE (VERB)	be angry
Synonyms	irritate, abrade
Antonyms	aid, placate
Example Sentence	He chafed at having to take orders from someone else.

19. PUNY (ADJECTIVE)	small and weak
Synonyms	inconsequential, diminutive
Antonyms	giant, strong
Example sentence	His mother stood looking on, with a sad kind of a smile on her lips and in her eyes, to see the zealous and yet puny efforts of her little boy.

20. CONJECTURE (NOUN)	guess; speculation
Synonyms	guesswork, hunch
Antonyms	certainty, reality
Example Sentence	The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the next election.