1.Onus
Meaning: something that is one's duty or responsibility.
Synonym: burden, responsibility, liability,
Antonym: exculpation, exoneration, irresponsibility
Sentence: "the onus is on you to show that you have suffered loss"
2.Hoodwink
Meaning: deceive or trick
Synonym: dupe, outwit
Antonym: debunk, expose, reveal,
Sentence: "staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun"
3.Ennui
Meaning: a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement
Synonym: boredom, tedium, listlessness,
Antonym: animation, contentment
Sentence: "he succumbed to ennui and despair"
4.Enigma
Meaning: a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand.
Synonym: mystery, puzzle, riddle, conundrum, paradox
Sentence: "Madeleine was still an enigma to him"
5.Discernible
Meaning: able to be discerned; perceptible.
Synonym: visible, detectable, noticeable
Antonym: imperceptible
Sentence: "the scandal had no discernible effect on his career"
6.Braggadocious
Meaning: boastful or arrogant.
Synonym: grandiloquence, magniloquence
Sentence: "it sounds braggadocious, but I don't think I ever dropped a pass in a game"
7.Auspicious
Meaning: conducive to success; favourable
Synonym: propitious, promising
Antonym: inauspicious
Sentence: "it was not the most auspicious moment to hold an election"
8.Aspersion
Meaning: an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.
Synonym: denigration, defamation
Antonym: adulation, approval, commendation
Sentence: "I don't think anyone is casting aspersions on you"
9.Acerbic
Meaning: (especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.
Synonym: sharp, sarcastic, sardonic,
Antonym: mild, kind, sweet
Sentence: "his acerbic wit"
10.Abridge
Meaning: shorten (a book, film, speech, etc.) without losing the sense
Synonym: curtail, truncate, lessen, trim
Antonym: pad out, lengthened, expanded
Sentence: "an abridged text of his speech"
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