English Words

1. Alliteration

Meaning: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Sentence: "the alliteration of ‘sweet birds sang’"

2.Alleviate

Meaning: make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.

Synonym: reduce, ease, relieve

Antonym: aggravate

Sentence: "he couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it"

3. Alchemy

Meaning: the medieval forerunner of chemistry, concerned with the transmutation of matter, in 

particular with attempts to convert base metals into gold or find a universal elixir

Synonym: chemistry

Sentence:"occult sciences, such as alchemy and astrology"

4. Alacrity

Meaning: brisk and cheerful readiness

Synonym: eagerness, willingness, readiness

Sentence: "she accepted the invitation with alacrity"

5. Agnostic

Meaning: a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God

Synonym: sceptic, doubter,

Sentence: After my husband became agnostic, he stopped going to church because of his doubt about god's existence 

6.Agile

Meaning: able to move quickly and easily.

Synonym: acrobatic, dexterous, deft,

Antonym: clumsy, stiff, slow, dull

Sentence: "Ruth was as agile as a monkey"

7.Aghast

Meaning: filled with horror or shock.

Synonym: horrified, appalled, astounded, amazed, dismayed,

Antonym:  fearless, unafraid

Sentence: "she winced, aghast at his cruelty"

Sentence: "separating authentic and spurious claims"

8. Sporadic

Meaning: occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated

Synonym: occasional, infrequent, irregular, periodical

Antonym: frequent, regular, steady, continuous

Sentence: "sporadic fighting broke out"

9. Soporific

Meaning: tending to induce drowsiness or sleep., a drug or other substance that induces drowsiness or sleep.

Synonym: sleeping pill, sleeping potion, sedative,  narcotic, opiate;

Antonym: invigorating,  stimulant

Sentence: "the motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect"

10.Opulent

Meaning: ostentatiously costly and luxurious.

Synonym: luxurious, sumptuous, palatial

Antonym: penniless, poor, impoverished, penurious

Sentence: "the opulent comfort of a limousine"

1. Sobriquet

Meaning: a person's nickname.

Synonym: alias, byname, cognomen, epithet

Sentence: "she was a vast and haughty person who answered to the sobriquet ‘Duchesse’"

2.Skulduggery

Meaning: underhand, unscrupulous, or dishonest behaviour or activities.

Synonym: trickery, swindling, fraudulence

Sentence: "a firm that investigates commercial skulduggery"

3. Sinister

Meaning: giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.

Synonym: menacing, threatening, ominous

Antonym: auspicious, benign, bright, encouraging, favorable

Sentence: "there was something sinister about that murmuring voice"

4. Ambidextrous

Meaning: able to use the right and left hands equally well.

Synonym: two-handed, equipoised

Antonym: right-handed

Sentence: "few of us are naturally ambidextrous"

5.Amalgamation

Meaning: the action, process, or result of combining or uniting.

Synonym: combination, union, merger, blend, mixture

Sentence: "the threat of amalgamation with another college"

6.Alteration

Meaning: the action or process of altering or being altered.

Synonym: change, adjustment, adaptation, modification,

Sentence: "careful alteration of old buildings"

7. Aloof

Meaning: not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.

Synonym: distant, detached, unresponsive, remote,

Antonym: familiar, friendly

Sentence: "they were courteous but faintly aloof

8. Aloft

Meaning: up in or into the air; overhead.

Synonym: into the sky, skyward, on high, heavenward

Antonym:down

Sentence:"the congregation sways, hands aloft"

9. Allure

Meaning: the quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.

Synonym: attraction, lure, draw, pull, appeal, glamour

Sentence: people for whom gold holds no allure"

10.Sordid

Meaning: involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt., dirty or squalid.

Synonym: sleazy, seedy, seamy, unsavoury,

Antonym: immaculate, high-minded, respectable

Sentence: "the story