1.Caucus: a group of people with shared concerns within a political party or larger organization.
Synonyms: faction, camp, group
Example Sentence: “he has been driven into Euro-scepticism by the right-wing caucus in the cabinet”
2.Tantalize: torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable.
Synonyms: tease, torment, torture, bait
Example Sentence: “such ambitious questions have long tantalized the world’s best thinkers”
3. Macerate: cause to waste away by fasting, become softened.
Synonyms: squash, soften, liquefy
Example Sentence: “these men lodged in tombs and macerated themselves with fasting”
4. Compatriot: a fellow citizen or national of a country.
Synonyms: countryman, countrywoman, fellow citizen
Example Sentence: “Edward defeated his compatriot Reynolds in the final”
5. Antipathy: a deep-seated feeling of aversion.
Synonyms: hostility, antagonism, animosity
Example Sentence: “his fundamental antipathy to capitalism”