Vocabulary

1.Abstemious
Meaning: indulging only very moderately in something, especially food and drink
Synonym: temperate, abstinent, austere, moderate
Antonym: self-indulgent, intemperate
Sentence: “‘We only had a bottle.’ ‘Very abstemious of you.’”

2.Forebear
Meaning: an ancestor.
Synonym: predecessor, progenitor, father, grandfather
Sentence: “generations of his forebears had lived in London”

3. Perturbed
Meaning: Trouble
Synonym: Bothered, Upset
Antonym: benefit , calm
Sentence : The more he loses, the more perturbed he gets

4. Amicable
Meaning: Friendly
Synonym: Cordial, Harmonious
Antonym: impolite, uncivil
Sentence : The business coach for the small company owner served as an amicable executive mentor

5.Maraud
Meaning: go about in search of things to steal or people to attack., raid and plunder (a place).
Synonym: plunder, go looting
Antonym: Guard, protect
Sentence: “bands of robbers crossed the river to maraud