1.Rejuvenate

Meaning:make (someone or something) look or feel better,

younger, or more vital.

Synonym:revive, revitalize, renew, regenerate, restore,

Antonym: extinguish, kill, quench, suppress

Sentence: “a bid to rejuvenate the town centre”

2.Remorse

Meaning:deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.

Synonym:contrition, deep regret, repentance, penitence

Sentence: “they were filled with remorse and shame”

3.Preposterous

Meaning:contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or

ridiculous.

Synonym:absurd, ridiculous, foolish, stupid, ludicrous

Antonym:reasonable, sensible

Sentence: “a preposterous suggestion”

4.Prerogative

Meaning:a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or

class.

Synonym::entitlement, right, privilege, advantage

Sentence: “in some countries, higher education is predominantly

the prerogative of the rich”

5.Gibe

Meaning: to utter taunting words

Synonyms: jibes, sneer

Sentence: “teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an

important play”

6.Supplant

Meaning: supersede and replace.

Synonyms: supersede, override

Sentence: “domestic production has been supplanted by imports

and jobs have been lost”

7.Testament

Meaning: a person’s will, especially the part relating to personal

property.

Synonyms: attestation, corroboration

Sentence: “father’s will and testament”

8.Disgruntled

Meaning: angry or dissatisfied.

Synonyms: aggrieved, resentful

Sentence: “judges receive letters from disgruntled members of

the public”

9.Status quo

Meaning: the existing state

Synonyms: normalcy

Sentence: seeks to preserve the status quo

10.Ploy

Meaning: a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

Synonyms: artifice, gimmick

Sentence: asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a

ploy to get me to the surprise party

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