Vocabulary Words – 28.01.2017

1.joust(noun): a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorseeach other with blunted lances.
Synonyms: bout,contest
Antonyms: agreement
Example Sentence: The evening passed slowly, in oureagerness for thejoust.”

2.juvenile(adjective): of, pertaining to, characteristic of,
Synonyms: youthful,adolescent
Antonyms: experienced,mature
Example Sentence: These juvenile missives were decoratedwith sketches in every corner.

3.keel(noun): a part corresponding to a ship’s keel in some other structure, as in adirigible balloon.
Synonyms: capsize,collapse
Antonyms: ascend,increase
Example Sentence: He turned to the girt who sat on the keel, silent, looking away to sea.

4.keen(adjective): finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut
Synonyms: anxious,ardent
Antonyms: apathetic,calm
Example Sentence: The pinch was felt at other points, andthere the Confederate sympathy waskeen.

5.keep(verb): to hold
Synonyms: carry,conduct
Antonyms: displace,fail
Example Sentence: Not to admire, is all the art I know, Tomake men happy, and to keep them so.