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Retract – Bring brack / Refuse / Repeal / Recover / Recall / Back down


Antonym – Acknowledge / Approve



It is a verb.




Dwindle – Diminish / Reduce / Wane / Abate / Decay / Decrease


Antonym – Ascend / Enhance / Enlarge / Expand / Increase


It is a verb.



Purge – As Noun –

Removal / Atonement / Laxative / Liquidation

As Verb –

Loosen / Evacuate / Clean out

Antonym – Dirtying / Maintenance




Ballooning – Dilating / Ventricose / Expanding / Flying


Antonym – Deflated / Collapsed


It is an adjective.




Doomsday – Apocalypse / Catastrophe / Last day / Judgement Day / End of the world

Antonym – Windfall / Good fortune

It is a noun.



Merriment – Joy / Cheer / Exhilaration / Glee / Gladness

Antonym – Misery

It is a noun.




Rebuttal – Disproof / Refutation / Vindication

Antonym – Acceptance

It is a noun.


Glitch – Bug / Defect / Malfunction / Mishap

Antonym – Perfection / Advantage

It is a noun.



Encroachment – Intrusion / Trespass / Extravagance / Expedition


Antonym -Respecting / Upholding



It is a noun.



Posthumous – after death / post mortal / postmortem

Antonym – antemortem


It is an adjective.


Blatant – Conspicuous / Gross / Outrageous / Bold / Awesome / Terrible

Antonym – Furtive / Concealed / Inconspicuous /

It is an adjective.





Spadework -Effort / Drudgery / Endeavour

Antonym – Rest / Leisure


It is a noun.




Scavenge – Lurk / Search / Stroll / Hunt

Antonym – Ignore / neglect

It is a verb.



Buoyancy – Strength / Vigorousness / Jauntiness / Enthusiasm / Resilience


Antonym – Weakness / Inadequacy


It is a noun.




Denigrate – Stain / Slander / Defame / Vilify / Besmirch / Criticize / Disperge / Malign

Antonym – Praise / Compliment / Applaud Exalt / Approve / Honour

It is a verb.



Surreal – irrational / weird / absurd / strange / phantasmagoric / dreamlike

Antonym – realistic /lucid / sane / wise /


It is an adjective.




Turmoil – trouble / unrest / commotion / disturbances / confusion / strife

Antonym – order / tranquillity / calm / hushes


It is a noun.

## Home Task – 1 . Use these words and their synonyms and antonyms to make sentences.

2. Change the parts of speech of these words.