1. DISCLOSE (VERB): To make known (something private or secret).
Synonyms: divulge, expose
Antonyms: cover, hide
Example Sentence: Then bending again to Raoul, he whispered: “Above all things do not diclose your name.
2. SMIRK (VERB): smile coyly
Synonyms: sneer, simper
Antonyms: frown, cry
Example Sentence: “I hope I see you well, Miss Florence,” she smirked.
3. AMBULATORY (ADJECTIVE): recovering from illness
Synonyms: ambulatory, healing
Antonym: regressing, deteriorating
Example Sentence: I treated him as an ambulatory person, not as a sick man.
4. COMPREHEND (VERB): understand
Synonyms: comprehend, fathom
Antonyms: neglect, ignore
Example Sentence: It is hard to comprehend the pain felt at the death of a child.
5. BLANDISHMENT (NOUN): flattery
Synonyms: adulation, cajolery
Antonyms: criticism, denunciation
Example Sentence: The boss wasn’t impressed with the blandishments.
6. IMPERTURBABILITY (NOUN): balance
Synonym: aplomb, coolness
Antonym: agitation, anxiety
Example Sentence: His countenance had resumed its habitual imperturbability.
7. MERETRICIOUS (ADJECTIVE): based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
Synonyms: gaudy, flashy
Antonyms: genuine, real
Example Sentence: He was thinking of his own self; he hankered after the meretricious glory of a showy performance.
8. PUISSANT (ADJECTIVE): powerful
Synonyms: influential, authoritative
Antonyms: ineffectual, insignificant
Example Sentence: The billionaire was a puissant man who had a say in all the political matters
9. RECANT (VERB): to take back something after saying it
Synonyms: annul, disavow
Antonyms: accept, agree
Example sentence: The editor had to recant all the accusations and apologize for the same.
10. MODICUM (NOUN): small amount of
Synonyms: bit, portion
Antonyms: entirety, whole
Example Sentence: All the employees gave a modicum of their salaries for the noble cause.