1.Puerile
Meaning: childishly silly and immature.
Synonym: childlike, innocent, naive
Antonym: sophisticated,
Sentence: "a puerile argument"
2.Pugnacious
Meaning: eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.
Synonym: combative, aggressive, antagonistic,
Antonym: peaceable, friendly
Sentence: "the increasingly pugnacious demeanour of right-wing politicians"
3.Innocuous
Meaning: not harmful or offensive.
Synonym: harmless, safe, non-dangerous,
Antonym: harmful, obnoxious
Sentence: "it was an innocuous question"
4.Indolence
Meaning: avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness
Synonym: inactivity, inaction, inertia,
Sentence: "my failure is probably due to my own indolence"
5.Inexorable
Meaning: impossible to stop or prevent.
Synonym: relentless, unstoppable, unavoidable
Antonym: flexible, lenient
Sentence: "the seemingly inexorable march of new technology"
6.Inebriate
Meaning: make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.
Synonym: besotted, drunk, intoxicated,
Antonym: sober, straight
Sentence: "I got mildly inebriated"
7.Bibliophile
Meaning: a person who collects or has a great love of books
Synonym: book lover, bookworm
Sentence: John is a bibliophile.
8.Biennial
Meaning: taking place every other year, an event celebrated or taking place every two years
Sentence: "the top antiques fairs are the Milan and Florence biennials"
9.Blasphemous
Meaning: sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.
Synonym: irreligious, irreverent, impious, ungodly,
Antonym: reverent
Sentence: "blasphemous and heretical talk"
10.Besiege
Meaning: surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.
Synonym: beleaguer, blockade, surround
Antonym: release, relieve, reprieve; comfort, console,
Sentence: "she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen"
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