ABASHED

• Adjective, participle
• Antonyms: unembarrassed, unashamed
• The boy was abashed after he dropped the nice plate at the retsraunt

ALOOF

• Adjective
• Synoynms: distant, cold
• Antonyms: involved, sociable
• The man was aloof from everyone at the party because none of his friends were there

ANGUISH

• Noun,verb
• Syonyms: misery, woe, torment
• Antonyms: joy, delight, peace of mind
• The tornado caused great anguish to the community

ARTICULATE

• Verb and adjective
• Synonyms: Expound(adj) eloquent
• Antonyms: Tounge tied, mumbled
• The teacher was very articulate, and everyone could understand her

BASK

• Verb
• Synonyms: wallow, revel
• She will bask in the sun at the beach to get a tan

DEFECT

• Noun and verb
• The new toy had a defect on it, so we sent it back

FINESSE

• Noun and verb
• Syonyms: delicacy, subtlety
• Antonyms: clumsiness, awkwardness
• The man was able to make the shot with his power and finesse

FLAUNT

• Verb
• Syonyms: show off, parade
• Antonyms: hide, downplay
• The flag was flaunting in the breeze above the White House

FORTHRIGHT

• Adjective
• Synonyms: candid, blunt
• Antonyms: indirect, evasive, decietful, two faced
• He said the mean remark in a forthright way to me that made me mad

GENIAL

• Adjective
• Synonyms: friendly, amiable
• Antonyms: cold, unfriendly, unsociable
• He was very genial to me and always said nice remarks to me

INSTILL

• Verb
• Synonyms: implant, infuse, inculate
• Antonyms: root out, eradicate, extirpate
• The new law about curfew will be instilled in december.

OSTRACIZE

• Verb
• Syonyms: cast out, expel, blackball
• Antonyms: fraternize with, associate with
• The woman at work was ostracized because of the way she talked

PREMOTION

• Noun
• Syonyms: presentiment
• I Had a bad premotion that something was not right about the scary house

PSEUDONYM

• Noun
• Synonyms: nom de plume
• The famous writer often used his pseudonym when writing a book

PURGE

• Verb and noun
• Synonyms: cleanse, purify
• Antonyms: pollute, contaminate, defile
• After my mom banned electronics, we purged the house of electronics.

REHABILITATE

• Verb
• Synonyms: reclaim, rebuild, reform
• The state sent the criminal to the institute to rehabilitate him

REPERCUSSION:

• Noun
• Antonyms: cause, source
• After I got a bad grade, I felt the repercussions my mom made.

RESOLUTE

• Adjective
• Synonyms: steadfast, unflinching
• Antonyms: weak, spineless
• The resolute soldiers were determined to hold their position at all costs

RETENTIVE

• Adjective
• Antonyms: porus, forgetful
• The boy was very retentive and was able to remember everything for the test

SCAPEGOAT

• Noun
• Synonyms: whipping boy
• After the kicker missed the game winning field goal, he became the scapegoat of the team.

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