Vocabulary

1.Rhapsody
Meaning: a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
Synonym: cloud-nine, elatedness
Sentence: “listening to Mozart always left him in a rhapsody that lingered for the remainder of the evening”

2.Acerbity
Meaning: intended to cause hurt feelings
Synonym: acridness, acuteness
Sentence: “the customer made his displeasure known with more acerbity than was necessary”

3.Juxtapose
Meaning: having a border in common
Synonym: adjoining, conterminous, flanking
Sentence: “the juxtaposed photographs of the country’s richest and poorest areas are a telling commentary on inequality”

4.Sojourn
Meaning: a temporary stay., stay somewhere temporarily.
Synonym: stay, visit, stop, stopover, residence;
Sentence: “her sojourn in Rome”

5.Peremptory
Meaning: insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way.
Synonym: high-handed, brisk, abrupt, summary, commanding, authoritative,
Antonym: humble, meek, modest, unassuming
Sentence: “‘Just do it!’ came the peremptory reply”