1. Clink – bang against, ring
Synonyms: chink, clang, jangle, jingle, sound
Usage: The rhythm of the train is accompanied by the calming sound of tea glasses clinking on the table of the compartment.
2. Ghoulish – hideous, scary
Synonyms: demonic, frightening, ghastly, gruesome, horrible, macabre
Antonyms: angelic, cheerful, pleasant
Usage: A ghoulish web page lists the inmates admitted to Texas’s death row.
3. Inmate – a person living in an institution such as a prison or hospital.
Synonyms: convict, prisoner, internee, jailbird
Usage: A ghoulish web page lists the inmates admitted to Texas’s death row.
4. Rigmarole – a lengthy and complicated procedure.
Synonyms: commotion, kerfuffle, pantomime, hassle
Antonyms: meaningful, coherent
Usage: She went into a long rigmarole about the different jobs she’d had.
5. Attrition – reduction or decrease in number
Synonyms: debilitation, enfeebling, sapping, attenuation
Antonyms: strengthening
Usage: As a result of teacher attrition, a lot of classrooms are overcrowded.
6. Egregious – outstandingly bad; shocking.
Synonyms: atrocious, deplorable, extreme, flagrant, glaring, grievous
Antonyms: concealed, good, hidden
Usage: Unwilling to put up with misbehavior in her class, the teacher sent the egregious student into the hall.
7. Outlandish – looking or sounding bizarre or unfamiliar.
Synonyms: eccentric, extravagant, fantastic, grotesque, outrageous, peculiar
Antonyms: common, conventional, familiar
Usage: The male clown looked outlandish in the party dress.
8. Intrigue – arouse the curiosity or interest of
Synonyms: tempt, tantalize rivet, engross, captivate
Antonyms: bore, displease, repulse
Usage: I was intrigued by your question
9. Rapprochment – establishment or resumption of harmonious relations
Synonyms: reconciliation, reunion
Antonyms: exacerbation, dissension
Usage: There were signs of a growing rapprochement between the two countries
10. Internecine – destructive to both sides in a conflict.
Synonyms: exterminating, ruinous, fatal, mortal
Antonyms: immortal, undeleterious
Usage: There relationship was destroyed by internecine arguments.