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Sleazy
- (adj)
- thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable
Synonyms: inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty
Antonyms: superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy
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Sedulous
- (adj)
- persistent, showing industry and determination
Synonyms: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable
Antonyms: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose
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Scurrilous
- (adj)
- coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul-mouthed
Synonyms: obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative
Antonyms: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified
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Reverberate
- (v)
- to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
Synonyms: rumble, thunder, boom, echo
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Resilient
- (adj)
- able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
Synonyms: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy
Antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding
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Repudiate
- (v)
- to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
Synonyms: disavow, abjure, renounce
Antonyms: avow, affirm, aver, avouch
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Remonstrate
- (v)
- to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to
Synonyms: reason against, expostulate
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Querulous
- (adj)
- peevish, complaining, fretful
Synonyms: petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable
Antonyms: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid
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Propensity
- (n)
- a natural inclination or predilection toward
Synonyms: natural bent, proclivity, penchant
Anotnyms: natural incapacity or inability
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Irrevocable
- (adj)
- incapable of being changed or called back
Synonyms: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable
Antonyms: reversible, changeable
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Insular
- (adj)
- relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
Synonyms: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial
Antonyms: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal
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Inscrutable
- (adj)
- incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
Synonyms: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic
Antonyms: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable
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Infer
- (v)
- to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
Synonyms: gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate
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Gossamer
- (adj)
- thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n) a very thin, light cloth
Synonyms: filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy
Antonyms: thick, dense, solid, massive
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Erudite
- (adj)
- scholary, learned, bookish, pedantic
Synonyms: profoundly educated, well-read
Antonyms: ifnorant, uneducated, illiterate
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Contraband
- (n)
- illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj) illegal, prohibited
Synonyms: Illicit, Bootleg, unlawful
Antonyms: Legal, Lawful, Licit
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Aura
- (n)
- that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
Synonyms: Ambience, Atmosphere
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Amorphous
- (adj)
- shapless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion
Synonyms: Formless, Unstructured, Nebulous, Inchoate
Antonyms: Definite, well-defined, clear-cut
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Aggrandize
- (v)
- to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
Synonyms: Augment, Amplify, Enhance, Exalt
Antonyms: Reduce, Decrease, Diminish
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Affable
- (adj)
- courteous and pleasant,sociable, easy to speak to
Synonyms: Genial, Amicable, Agreeable, Cordial
Antonyms: Surly, Cantankerous, Dour, Inhospitable
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