Vocabulary:Day:04
- COROLLARY (NOUN): (??????): consequence
Synonyms: result, upshot
Antonyms: cause
Example Sentence:
The huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts.
- FRIVOLOUS (ADJECTIVE): (???????): flippant
Synonyms: glib, waggish
Antonyms: serious
Example Sentence:
At bottom the man was frivolous, selfish and unstable.
- CONTEMPT (NOUN): (?????): disrespect
Synonyms: disregard, slighting
Antonyms: respect
Example Sentence:
This action displays an arrogant contempt for the wishes of the majority.
- DRENCH (VERB): (??????): soak
Synonyms: saturate, wet through
Antonyms: dry
Example Sentence:
I fell in the stream and was drenched.
- PROPRIETY (NOUN): (?????????): decorum
Synonyms: respectability decency
Antonyms: impropriety
Example Sentence:
She always behaves with the utmost propriety.
- REFUTE (VERB): (???? ????): disprove
Synonyms: rebut, confute
Antonyms: confirm
Example Sentence:
These claims have not been refuted at all.
- COLLOQUIAL (ADJECTIVE): (???-??? ?? ????): informal
Synonyms: conversational, everyday
Antonyms: literary
Example Sentence:
His colloquial talents were indeed of the highest order.
- BEWILDER (VERB): (??????): baffle
Synonyms: mystify, bemuse
Antonyms: enlighten
Example Sentence:
She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood.
- HAPLESS (ADJECTIVE): (?????): unfortunate
Synonyms: unlucky, luckless
Antonyms: lucky
Example Sentence:
I met the hapless victims of the disaster.
- INHIBIT (VERB): (?????): impede
Synonyms: hinder hamper
Antonyms: assist
Example Sentence:
Too much cold inhibits plant growth.