1.Oblation
Meaning: a thing presented or offered to God or a god.
Synonym: religious ceremony, Offertory, religious offering
Usage: Neither bread nor parched corn nor fresh ears shall be eaten until the oblation is made.
2.Officious
Meaning: intrusively enthusiastic in offering help or advice; interfering.
Synonym: interfering, intrusive, meddlesome
Antonym: self-effacing
Usage: “the security people were very officious”
3.Nuance
Meaning: a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.
Synonym: shading, gradation, variation, modulation, degree
Usage: “he was familiar with the nuances of the local dialect”
4.Novitiate
Meaning: the period or state of being a novice, especially in a religious order.
Synonym: probationary period, probation, trial period, test period, apprenticeship, training period,
Usage: in 1868 he began a three-year novitiate”
5.Ludicrous
Meaning: so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.
Synonym: absurd, ridiculous, farcical, laughable, risible, preposterous, foolish, idiotic, stupid, inane, silly, asinine, nonsensical
Antonym: sensible
Usage: “it’s ludicrous that I have been fined”
