Vocabulary Words – 19.12.2016

1. Chesterfield (noun): overcoat with a fly front

Synonyms: bedstar,chair

Antonyms: davenport,daybed

Example Sentence:He was with Chesterfield, who was to have had a large party.

2.Chicane(noun):to quibble over

Synonyms: dishonesty,duplicity

Antonyms: honesty,openness

Example Sentence:He had vowed war in his youth against the ‘demon of chicane.’

3.Fiscal(adjective): relating to the public treasury

Synonyms: budgetary,economic

Antonyms: merchandising,monetary

Example Sentence:It is to these lands that such a fiscals cheme as has been indicated should be applied.

4.Fuddled(verb):to muddle

Synonyms: amaze,astonish

Antonyms: aid,assist

Example Sentence:One day Mr. Kordé had drunk himself into an unusual state of fuddle.

5.Hoist(verb):to raise

Synonyms: erect,heave

Antonyms: upbraid,warn

Example Sentence:We will have to hoist a flag of truce and take them out on this vessel.