Vocabulary Words – 18.10.2016

1.Acquaintance(noun): A Person you know Slightly

Synonyms: associate,companion
Antonyms: antagonist, detractor
Example Sentence:

1.Personal knowledge or information about someone or something

2.a person with whom you are acquainted

2.Engraving(noun):A Print made from an engravedplate or block.

Synonyms:chasing ,chiselling

Antonyms: aquatinta,steel engraving

Example Sentence:

The act or art of a person who or thing that engraves.

3.Gelignite(noun):A high explosive made from nitroglycerine in a base of wood pulp.

Synonyms:nitroglycerin,trinitrotoluene

Antonyms:propellant,shell

Example Sentence:

A time came when the gun-cotton and gelignite got scarce, and a powder explosive called ammonal had to be used.

4.Jurisdiction(noun):The official power to make legal decision.

Synonyms:administration,commission

Antonyms:powerlessness,submission

Example Sentence:

The crown was declared to be the sole judge of its own jurisdiction, and no appeal from it was allowed.

5.Lacrosse(noun):a team game which ball is thrown

 Synonyms:supplement, fortify

Antonyms:decrease ,impoverish

Example Sentence:A long-handled stick bearing a net at one end.