Synonyms and Antonyms : Vocabulary words - 143

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divulge
1. 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.
2. SIMPER (VERB)	smile coyly
Synonyms	sneer, smirk
Antonyms	frown, growl
Example Sentence	"I hope I see you well, Miss Florence," she simpered.
3. CONVALESCENT (ADJECTIVE)	recovering from illness
Synonyms	ambulatory, healing
Antonym	regressing, sickly
Example Sentence	I treated him as a convalescent, not as a sick man.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. BESEECH (VERB)	beg earnestly
Synonyms	implore, adjure
Antonyms	refuse, give
Example Sentence	She beseeched him to cut his drinking and smoking.
8. CHAFE (VERB)	be angry
Synonyms	irritate, abrade
Antonyms	aid, placate
Example Sentence	He chafed at having to take orders from someone else.
9. 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.
10. CONJECTURE (NOUN)	guess; speculation
Synonyms	guesswork, hunch
Antonyms	certainty, reality
Example Sentence	The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the next election.
11. CONFLICT (VERB)	fight
Synonyms	brawl, scuffle
Antonyms	serene, peace
Example Sentence	They have conflicted again and again.
12. DROUGHT (NOUN)	scarcity
Synonyms	shrink, depletion
Antonyms	plentiful, lavish
Example Sentence	They criticized leaders who were responsible for the financial drought faced by the nation.
13. PLEA (NOUN)	request
Synonyms	pray, appeal
Antonyms	order, instruct
Example Sentence	The doctor’s plea for silence went unheard, resulting in extreme discomfort to the patient.
14. ARREST (VERB)	take in custody
Synonyms	abstain, detain
Antonyms	liberate, emancipate
Example Sentence	The judge will seek reasons for the arrest without a legal warrant.
15. UPHILL (ADJECTIVE)	difficult
Synonyms	tough, unimaginable
Antonyms	banal, mundane
Example Sentence	The article had a glorious description regarding the uphill task done by the army.
16. RIFT (NOUN)	division
Synonyms	gap, difference
Antonyms	bridge, joint
Example Sentence	The opposition and the government seemed to be focused on removing the rift between them.
17. FORTHCOMING (ADJECTIVE)	coming in future
Synonyms	new, futuristic
Antonyms	obsolete, outdated
Example Sentence	Ever since I was of tender age, I have trained for forthcoming technical enhancements.
18. BORROW (VERB)	to take by request
Synonyms	loan, beg
Antonyms	snatch, rob
Example Sentence	The new economic freedom has enabled people to borrow less and spend more.
19. CRISIS (NOUN)	problem
Synonyms	mayhem, doom
Antonyms	prosperity, harmony
Example Sentence	The writer’s crisis lies in the depiction of negative characters in a positive way and vice versa.
20. JUMBLE (VERB)	disturb
Synonyms	disturb, disorganize
Antonyms	organize, arrange
Example Sentence	All of us can jumble up our lives but many few of us can arrange it properly.