Vocabulary Words –22.11.2016

1.Genealogy(noun):a record

Synonyms:ancestry,genetics

Antonyms: heritage,house

Example Sentence:In so far as it was conscious, it was defiantly independent of genealogy.

2.Leach(verb):to dissolve

Synonyms:extract,filter

Antonyms: leach,leak

Example Sentence:Pitts had some skill as a leach, and the medicine-chest was in his care.

3.Ligament(noun):a tie

Synonyms:screw,tangle

Antonyms:advantage,opening

Example Sentence:The ligament is external, and the hinge carries cardinal teeth in each valve.

4.Maudlin(adjective):tearfully

Synonyms:mawkish,mushy

Antonyms:pragmatic,unemotional

Example Sentence:He is examined and arraigned; writes maudlin letter to Elizabeth.

5.Naught(noun):nothing.

Synonyms:cipher,nonexistence

Antonyms:naught,nil

Example Sentence:It lacked for naught in splendor; it was day for Cyprus and for Nikosia.