1. Scuttle
Meaning: To move about or proceed hurriedly; Intentionally undermine, ruin, or cause to fail
Synonym: abandon, sink ,submerge
Antonym: creep, amble, dawdle
Sentence:So terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scuttled to higher ground
2. Coerce
Meaning: To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
Synonym: browbeat, bulldoze, beset
Antonym: dissuade, repress, encourage
Sentence:He coerced her for information
3. Trounces
Meaning: Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
Synonym: clobber, lambaste, conquer
Antonym: surrender, underwhelm, forfeit
Sentence:We trounced the other team on Sunday
4. Pre-empted
Meaning: Acquire for oneself before others can do so
Synonym: arrogate, expropriate, sequester
Antonym: forfeit, relinquish, surrender
Sentence:Live broadcast of the presidential debate pre-empts the regular news hour
5. Vitiated
Meaning: Impaired by diminution; Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Synonym: annihilate, abrogate, invalidate
Antonym: permit, affirm, schedule
Sentence:Socrates was accused of vitiating young men
6. Uncanny
Meaning: Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
Synonym: astounding, incredible, prodigious
Antonym: boring, expected, earthly
Sentence: Stumps had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures
7. Compunction
Meaning: A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
Synonym: attrition, contrition, pity
Antonym: disdain, defiance, indifference
Sentence:He beheld her strike her breast with the compunction of a Christian woman.
8. Germane
Meaning: Relevant and appropriate
Synonym: pertinent, apposite, cognate
Antonym: irrelevant, improper, unfitting
Sentence:He asks questions that are germane and central to the issue
9. Blatant
Meaning: Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
Synonym: brazen, conspicuous, brassy
Antonym: concealed, secret, subtle
Sentence:She contrasted his blatant unselfishness with the hardness of Stephen.
10. Amok
Meaning: Frenzied, out of control
Synonym: berserk, screwball, bonkers
Antonym: sane, balanced, imperturbably
Sentence:When the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amok, blocking the exit
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