Vocabulary

1. NOXIOUS :
Meaning: physically harmful or destructive to living beings
Synonyms: unhealthy, noisome Antonyms: healthy, healthful
Example: They died from inhaling noxious fumes.

2. WHOLESOME :
Meaning: promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit
Synonyms: fit, hale
Antonyms: ailing, ill
Example: Wholesome food helps keep you healthy.

3. SALUBRIOUS :
Meaning: favorable to or promoting health or well-being
Synonyms: medicinal, tonic
Antonyms: unhealthy, insalubrious
Example: Emergent public health and sanitary experts actively sought the most salubrious and efficient means of refuse disposal.

4. INCANDESCENT :
Meaning: white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
Synonyms: bright, illuminating
Antonyms: gloomy, murky
Example: The mountain’s snow-white peak was incandescent against the blue sky.

5. ACCRETIVE :
Meaning: produced by or growing by a series of additions of identical or similar things
Synonyms: cummulative, additive
Antonyms: degressive, decremental
Example: A lower price should also make deal earnings accretive sooner than the current 2013 – 2014 time frame.