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1. DORMANT (ADJECTIVE): : asleep

Synonyms: sleeping, slumbering

Antonyms: awake

Example Sentence:

During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.

2. MOUNT (VERB): : increase

Synonyms: 
grow, rise

Antonyms: decrease

Example Sentence:

The costs mount up when one buys a new home

3.VEHEMENCE (NOUN): : passion

Synonyms: 
force, ardor

Antonyms: apathy

Example Sentence:

There was a lot of vehemence in his reaction.

4.PERTURBED (ADJECTIVE): : anxious

Synonyms:
 worried, concerned

Antonyms: unworried

Example Sentence:

He nodded, obviously perturbed about something.


5.RELEGATE (VERB):: downgrade

Synonyms: 
lower, put down

Antonyms: upgrade

Example Sentence:

They aim to prevent women from being relegated to a secondary role.

6.INCUMBENT (ADJECTIVE) : current

Synonyms:
 existing, present

Antonyms: past

Example Sentence:

The incumbent President got defeat.

7.SUBSEQUENT (ADJECTIVE): : following

Synonyms: 
ensuing, succeeding

Antonyms: previous

Example Sentence:


The theory was developed subsequent to the earthquake of 1906.

8.UPHOLD (VERB): : maintain

Synonyms: 
sustain, continue

Antonyms: abandon

Example Sentence:

They uphold a tradition of not causing distress to living creatures.

9.INCAPACITATE (VERB): : disabled

Synonyms:
 debilitated, indisposed

Antonyms: fit

Example Sentence:

He was incapacitated by a heart attack.

10.PUERILE (ADJECTIVE): : childish

Synonyms:
 immature, infantile

Antonyms: mature

Example Sentence:

We had a puerile argument.



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