Vocabulary Words –11.11.2016

1.Dissonant(adjective):disagreeing

Synonyms:differing,discordant

Antonyms:harmonious,coinciding

Example Sentence:She was fitted to this landscape,whereas the other woman was alien and dissonant.

2.entrap(verb):to catch in

Synonyms:enmesh,ensnare

Antonyms:exclude,turn off

Example Sentence:they would try to entrap him into some damaging admission.

3.Proclaim(verb):to announce

Synonyms:affirm,announce

Antonyms:conceal,deny

Example Sentence:We come to that great Being whom all these things indicate and proclaim.

4.snout(verb):a nozzle

Synonyms:beak,muzzle

Antonyms:schnoz,smeller

Example Sentence:In half a minute the bear’s snoutappeared at the top of the hole.

5.thrall(noun):a person who is in bondage

Synonyms:servitude,slavery

Antonyms:servitude,subjection

Example Sentence:I very quickly encountered a repulse, ifshe were in the thrall.