Vocabulary Words – 31.10.2016

1.Effeminate(Adjective):traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy..

Synonyms: epicene,feminine

Antonyms:manly,masculine

Example Sentence:The only characters represented were shameless women and effeminate men.

2.emasculate(verb):to deprive of strength or vigor

Synonyms:vitiate,alter

Antonyms: aid,assist

Example Sentence:The prayer-habit tends to emasculate the moral strength of its devotees.

3.disembowel(verb):to remove the bowels or entrails

Synonyms:clean,draw

Antonyms:put in

Example Sentence:He urged the crowd to disembowel all the inhabitants of London.

4.ephemera(noun):anything short-lived or ephemeral

Synonyms:caller,client

Antonyms:enemy,manager

Example Sentence:The Ephemera and probably the other Neuroptera have abdominal spiracles.

5.immoderate(adjective):exceeding just or reasonable limits

Synonyms:dizzying,egregious

Antonyms:calm,justified

Example Sentence:He was reproached with indulging histaste for the fine arts at an immoderate expense.