1.Blase

Meaning: having or showing a lack of excitement or interest in

something especially because it

is very familiar

Synonyms: worldly-wise, sophisticated

Sentence: blasé travelers who claimed to have been everywhere.

2.Brinkmanship

Meaning: the practice of causing or allowing a situation to become

extremely dangerous in order to get the results that you want

Synonyms: malpractices

Sentence: two nations caught up in nuclear brinksmanship

3.Coercion

Meaning: Act of inducing someone.

Synonyms: arm-twisting, constraint

Sentence: a promise obtained by coercion is never binding

4.Fillip

Meaning: a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

Synonyms: bang, dab

Sentence: gave him a sharp fillip on the noggin with her teakettle

5.Reels Under

Meaning: to stagger under the weight of something

Synonyms: Suffer

Sentence: Tony reeled under the weight of the books.

6.culpable

Meaning:deserving blame : guilty of doing something wrong

Synonym:censurable, blameworthy, reprehensible,

Antonym :flawless, perfect, pure; guiltless, innocent

Sentence:They held her culpable for the accident.

7.Intermittent

Meaning- starting, stopping, and starting again : not constant or

steady

Synonym-continual, on-and-off, periodic

Antonym – eternal, everlasting, interminable, perpetual

Sentence-The patient was having intermittent pains in his side.

8.Renegade

Meaning-a person who leaves one group, religion, etc., and joins

another that opposes it

Synonym-apostate, defector, deserter,

Antonym -disciple, follower, supporter

Sentence-They were renegades who thought they had permission

to steal from the rich”

9.Mercenary

Meaning-a soldier who is paid by a foreign country to fight in its

army : a soldier who will fight for any group or country that hires

him

Synonym-acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting,

Antonym -nonmaterialistic; altruistic,

Sentence-His motives in choosing a career were purely

mercenary.

10.Exasperation (noun)

Meaning::The state of being irritated

Synonym:irritation, frustration

Antonym :delight, joy, pleasure

Sentence:The longer Jorge waited in line at the ticket counter,

the more his exasperation grew.

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