Vocabulary Words – 21.10.2016

1.Splendid(adjective):There’s a splendid side to that poor lad’snature, if you but knew it.

Synonyms:baroque,beautiful

Antonyms:unimpressive,unintelligent

Example Sentence:

One excellence of the Splendid Shillingis, that it is short.

2.Whimsical(adjective):A whimsical look, half smile, half frown,came over his face.

Synonyms:amusing,comical

Antonyms:boring,common

Example Sentence:

The whimsical smile with which heaccompanied the speech disarmed me.

3.Wrath(Noun):Then as now Jove’s thunders from afarhad proclaimed the wrath of the gods.

Synonyms:madness,offense

Antonyms:glee,happiness

Example Sentence:

It was clear that they were receiving thedischarge of the wrath which was causedby somebody else.

4.Vague(adjective):She had come to the end of her adventures and her vague dreams.

Synonyms:faint,fuzzystar

Antonyms:definite,determined

Example Sentence:

At the edge of his mind was vague,uneasy wonder, obviously not his own thought.

5.Transient(adjective):The works of darkness are unfruitful because they are transient.

Synonyms:ephemeral,fleeting

Antonyms:enduring,lasting

Example Sentence:

Transient thought of that which shall be,presage of better rest