1. Poignant – evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
Synonyms: pathetic, sentimental, agitating, agonizing, distressing, perturbing
Antonyms: cheerful, happy, indifferent, unaffecting
Usage: The poignant story of an Agra family.
2. Debilitate – make (someone) very weak and infirm.
Synonyms: enervated, enfeebled, incapacitated, sapped, weakened, decrepit
Antonyms: active, energized, invigorated, restored
Usage: He was severely debilitated by a stomach upset.
3. Consternation – a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
Synonyms: amazement, bewilderment, dread, fright, horror, panic, perplexity
Antonyms: assurance, calmness, composure
Usage: Face your fears to shed the feeling of consternation
4. Reticent – not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily.
Synonyms: bashful, hesitant, reserved, restrained, shy, silent, taciturn
Antonyms: communicative, confident, extroverted
Usage: She was extremely reticent about her personal affairs
5. Unravel – investigate and solve or explain
Synonyms: decipher, resolve, untangle, disengage, disentangle, extricate
Antonyms: question, wonder, entangle, unite
Usage: It is not possible here to unravel the problem
6. Brag – say something in a boastful manner.
Synonyms: boast, gloat, bluster, exult, swagger, grandstand
Antonyms: conceal, hide, deprecate
Usage: He bragged that he was sure of victory.
7. Aberrant – varying from the usual
Synonyms: abnormal, deviant, psycho, weird, atypical, bizarre, flaky, peculiar
Antonyms: norma, regular
Usage: Astronomer was shocked by the sight of a star moving in an aberrant path.
8. Cajole – to persuade by flattery or promises
Synonyms: deceive, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, tantalize, wheedle, decoy
Antonyms: disenchant, repulse, discourage
Usage: He hoped to cajole her into selling him her house
9. Bequeath – pass on or leave (something) to someone else.
Synonyms: entrust, grant, bestow, endow, commit, consign
Antonyms: take, receive
Usage: He worked for fifty years because he wanted to be able to bequeath his wife a tidy sum when he died.
10. Quiver – tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion
Synonyms: convulsion, flash, glimmer, oscillation, palpitation, pulsation
Antonyms: dullness, quiet, stillness
Usage: The tree’s branches stopped quivering.