#high_mark_vocab
Part 36
♟High-Mark Vocabulary🎯
1. UNDERSCORE (VERB): highlight
Synonyms: underline, emphasize
Antonyms: understate
Example Sentence:The company underscored the progress made with fuel cells.
2. FUNDAMENTAL (ADJECTIVE): basic
Synonyms: foundational, rudimentary
Antonyms: secondary
Example Sentence:He worked hard for the protection of fundamental human rights.
3. UNLEASH (VERB): release
Synonyms: free, loose
Antonyms: restrain
Example Sentence:They dig up badger setts and unleash terriers into them.
4. ILLICIT (ADJECTIVE): illegal
Synonyms: unlawful, illegitimate
Antonyms: licit
Example Sentence:The junkie had a liking for the more illicit things in life.
5. PREDILECTION (NOUN): liking
Synonyms: fondness, preference
Antonyms: dislike
Example Sentence:My predilection for Asian food is very strong.
6. PALTRY (ADJECTIVE): worthless
Synonyms: petty, trivial
Antonyms: important
Example Sentence:Naval glory struck him as paltry.
7. INCUMBENT (ADJECTIVE): binding
Synonyms: obligatory, mandatory
Antonyms: optional
Example Sentence:The government realized that it was incumbent on them to act.
8. RANCOUR (NOUN): spite
Synonyms: bitterness, hate
Antonyms: amicability
Example Sentence:He spoke without rancor.
9. COMPASSIONATE (ADJECTIVE): pitying
Synonyms: sympathetic, empathetic
Antonyms: indifferent
Example Sentence:I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds.
10. DISTINCT (ADJECTIVE): discrete
Synonyms: separate individual
Antonyms: indistinct
Example Sentence:The gallery is divided into five distinct space
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