1.Perfidious
Meaning: deceitful and untrustworthy.
Synonym: treacherous, duplicitous, deceitful, disloyal, faithless, unfaithful, traitorous
Antonym: faithful, loyal
Sentence: “a perfidious lover”
2.Revulsion
Meaning: a sense of disgust and loathing.
Synonym: disgust, repulsion, abhorrence,
Sentence:”news of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion”
3.Eulogize
Meaning: praise highly in speech or writing.
Synonym: acclaim, extol;
Antonym: criticize
Sentence: “he was eulogized as a rock star”
4.Valorize
Meaning: give or ascribe value or validity to.
Synonym: Price -fixing
Sentence: the culture valorizes the individual”
5.Lamentation
Meaning: the passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping.
Synonym: crying, sobbing, moaning
Sentence: “scenes of lamentation”
6.Malady
Meaning: a disease or ailment.
Synonym: illness, sickness, ailment, disorder
Sentence: “an incurable malady”
7.Astute
Meaning: having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage
Synonym: shrewd, sharp, sharp-witted
Antonym: stupid
Sentence: ‘an astute businessman”
8.Pragmatism
Meaning: an approach that evaluates theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their
practical application.
Synonym: Logical, practical
Sentence: “ideology had been tempered with pragmatism”
9. Sombre
Meaning: having or conveying a feeling of deep seriousness and sadness
Synonym: solemn, earnest, serious,
Antonym: cheerful, bright
Sentence: “he looked at her with a sombre expression”
10. Solvent
Meaning: having assets in excess of liabilities; able to pay one’s debts.
Synonym: financially sound, able to pay one’s debts, debt-free
Antonym: in debt
Sentence: “interest rate rises have very severe effects on normally solvent companies”
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