Vocabulary

1.circumstantial
Meaning: pointing indirectly towards someone’s guilt but not conclusively proving it.
Synonym: indirect, inferred, inferential, deduced
Antonym: vague
Sentence: “the prosecution will have to rely on circumstantial evidence”

2.credulous
Meaning: having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.
Synonym: gullible, naive, impressionable, trusting,
Antonym: worldly, suspicious
Sentence: “a ceremony staged for credulous tourists”

3.chronic
Meaning: continuing or occurring again and again for a long time, happening or existing frequently or most of the time, always or often doing something specified
Synonym: natural; persistent, regular,
Antonym: unaccustomed, unused; intermittent, occasional
Sentence: He suffers from chronic arthritis.

4.misanthrope
Meaning: a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.
Synonym: cynic, sceptic, churl, grouch, grump, recluse, hermit, anchorite
Sentence: “Scrooge wasn’t the mean-spirited misanthrope most of us believe him to be”

5.circumlocution
Meaning: the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.
Synonym: periphrasis, circuitousness, indirectness;
Sentence: “his admission came after years of circumlocution”