Vocabulary

the expression of approval/favorable opinion, praise; approval

ANT: disapproval, condemnation, censure

to make easier/milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; appease, satisfy, quench

ANT: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

• combination, union, or merger for some purpose
• ANT: splinter a group

• decline, decay, deterioration; condition/period of a decline, decay; excessive self indulgence
• ANT: rise, growth, maturation

• to draw forth, to bring out from a source
• ANT: repress, stifle, quash, squelch

• to attempt to dissaude someone from decision by earnest reasoning
• SYN: protest, complain, remonstrate

• used so often as to lack freshness or originality
• ANT: new, fresh, novel, original

• gap, opening, break (something missing)
• ANT: continuity, continuation

• hint, suggestion, reference
• ANT: direct statement

to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

• wearied, worn out, dulled
• ant: unspoiled, uncloyed

• causing shock, horror, revulsion; sensational, pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity/lack of restraint
• ANT: pleasant, attractive

• worthy, deserving recognition or praise
• SYN: praiseworthy, laudable
• ANT: reprehensible, discreditable, blame worthy

• peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
• ANT: even tempered, placid, serene, amiable

special right, privilege, special quality, showing excellence

• pertaining to an outlying area; local, narrow in mind or outlook; countried in the sense of being limited, backward
• ANT: cosmopolitan, catholic, broad minded

• to make a pretense of; imitate
• SYN: feign, pretend, affect

• to rise above/beyond, exceed
• SYN: surpass, outstrip

shade cast by trees, foliage giving shade, overshadowing influence/power, resentment, vague suspicion

• excessively smooth, smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity or peity; fatty, oily, pliable.
• SYN: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy
• ANT: gruff, blunt

• to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
• SYN: amend, better
• ANT: Worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

• poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
• ANT: confusion, embarassment

• pompous or overblown in language, full of highsounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas.
• SYN: inflated, highfalutin, pretentious
• ANT: unadorned, simple, plain

without exerience; imature, not fully developed, lacking sophistication and poise. without feathers

• to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
• SYN: rail, harangue, fulminate
• ANT: acclaim, glorify, extol

• weariness of body/mind, lack of energy
• ANT: energy, vitality, animation

a period of 1000 years

• mysterious, magical, supernatural, secret, hidden from view
• ANT: mundane, common, public

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

• to fall as moisture, to cause or bring about suddenly
• ANT: wary, cautious, cirmcumspect

• strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp/bitter in taste
• ANT: lenient, mild, lax

to think/believe, any evidence; to guess

• saliva/mucus from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk/thinking utter nonsense. to waste/fritter away
• SYN: balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot

• a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
• SYN: abstract, digest, model, archetype

• to urge strongly, advise earnestly
• ANT: discourage, advise against, deprecate

by virtue of holding a certain office

• to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
• ANT: stay in bounds

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used critically/derogatorily)

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be; intruder

belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily agent

• to make ammends, make up for; to avert
• SYN: redeem, atone

• a state of great excitement, agitation or turbulence to be in or work into such state; to produce alcohol by chem. action.
• SYN: commotion, turmoil, unrest
• ANT: peace, quiet, tranquility

resulting from/marked by no attention, accidental

• existing in name only, not real, too small to be considered
• SYN: titular, taken, trifling
• ANT: real, actual, exorbitant

• not decisive/definite, unwilling to take a clear position
• SYN: cagey

• to steal something that has been given into one's trust
• SYN: embezzle, defraud

• natural/ habitual inclination or tendency
• SYN: natural bent, penchant

• compusure/coolness
• SYN: poise, self assurance
• ANT: excitability, hysteria

• to have an intense dislike or hatred for
• SYN: loathe, abhor, despise, detest
• ANT: relish, savor, cherish

• modification of social patterns, traits, or structures of one group/society by contact with another
• SYN: adaptation

• resulting from chance rahter than an inherent cause; accidental, not essential (medicine=acquired)
• SYN: extrinsic, incidental, fortutous
• ANT: essential, intrinsic

• to assign/refer to; attribute
• SYN: impute, credit, attribute

• roundabout; not direct
• ANT: straight, direct

• sympathize with, have pity for, sharing feeling of distress
• SYN: empathize

• to direct/order/prescrive course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit
• SYN: bid, charge, command
• ANT: allow, permit

• to make easy, cause to progress faster
• SYN: accelerate, facilitate, speed up
• ANT: hinder, hamper, obstruct

• resistant to lawful authority; having purpose of overthrowing an established government
• SYN: mutinous, rebellious
• ANT: supportive, loyal, faithful

thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity/sharpness; of slight importance, poorly supported

bitter, sarcastic, caustic or biting

• to use coaxing/flattery to gain some desired end
• SYN: cajole, sweet talk
• ANT: coerce, intimidate

• courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
• SYN: genial, amicable, cordial
• ANT: surly, cantankerous

• to increase in greatness, power or wealth; to build up or intensify, to make appear greater
• ANT: reduce, decrease

• shapeless with no definite form, of no particular type or character; without organization, unity or cohesion
• SYN:formless, unstructured
• ANT: definite, well defined

• that which surrounds (as an atmosphere)l a distinctive air or personal quality
• SYN: ambience, atmosphere

• illegal traffic, smuggled goods, illegal, prohibited
• SYN: illicit, bootleg, unlawful
• ANT: legal, lawful, licit

• scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
• ANT: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

• thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; very thin, light cloth
• ANT: thick, dense, solid, massive

to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

• incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
• SYN: impenetrable, incomprehensible
• ANT: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

• relating to, characteristic of, or suited on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook/experience
• SYN: narrowminded, parochial, provincial
• ANT:catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

• incapable of being changed or called back
• SYN: irreversible, unchangeable
• ANT: reversible, changeable

• a natural inclination or predilection toward
• SYN: natural bent, proclivity, penchant
• ANT: natural incapacity, inability

• peevish, complaining, fretful
• SYN: petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable
• ANT: uncomplaining, stoic, serene

• to argue/plead with someone against something, protest against, object to
• SYN: reason against, expostulate

• to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
• SYN: disavow, abjure, renounce
• ANT: avow, affirm, avouch

• able to return to an original shape or form, able to recover quickly
• SYN: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy
• ANT: rigid, stiff, inflexible

• to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
• SYN: rumble, thunder, boom, echo

• coarsely abusive, vulgar or low; foul mouthed
• SYN: obscene, filthy, abusive,
• ANT: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

• persistant, showing industry and determination
• SYN: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable
• ANT: lackadaisical, listless, indolent

• thin/flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low/mean/disreputable
• SYN: inferior, cheesy, tawdry
• ANT: superior, first rate, quality

a general pardon for an offense against a government; any act of forgiveness or absolution

• self government, political control
• SYN: home rule
• ANT: dependence, subjection

• self evident, expressing a universally accepted principle/rule
• SYN: taken for granted
• ANT: questionable, dubious, controversial

• to adorn/embellish; display conspiculousy; publish/proclaim widely
• ANT: to hide, conceal, bury

• warning/caution to prevent misunderstanding/ discourage behavior
• SYN: admonition, word to the wise

• fair, just, embodying principles of justice
• SYN: right, reasonable, evenhanded
• ANT: unjust, unfair

• to free from entanglements, to remove with effort
• SYN: disentangle, extract
• ANT: entangle

• to steal; sneakily and in petty amounts
• SYN: pilfer, purloin

• to moc, treat with contempt
• SYN: scoff at, scorn, sneer at
• ANT: obey, honor, revere

• tending to be troublesome, unruly, contrary; unpredictable
• SYN: refractory, recalcitrant
• ANT: docile, tractable

• rule of conduct or action
• SYN: principle

• beneficial, helpful, healthful
• SYN: salubrious, curative
• ANT: detrimental

• bitterly severe, withering, causing great harem
• SYN: searing, harsh, ferocious
• ANT: bland,mild

• to whip, punish severely; a cause of afflication/ suffering, source of severe punishment, criticism
• SYN: flog, beat, bane, plague

• funereal, typical of a tomb, gloomy or dismal
• SYN: doleful, lugubrious, mortuary

• tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness/lethargy
• SYN: narcotic, anesthetic

• extremely strict in morals
• SYN: conventional, stuffy
• ANT: lax, loose

• lasting only a short time
• SYN: impermanent, ephemeral

• not easily carried
• SYN: cumbersome, bulky, clumsy

dull, uninteresting, tiresome

• to free from error/deception; set right in ideas/thinking
• SYN:undecieve, enlighten
• ANT: decieve delude

• weariness/dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest; boredom
• SYN: languor, listlestness
• ANT: enthusiasm, liveliness

• chain/shackle placed on feet; anything that confines/ restrains, to render helpless/ impotent
• ANT: free, liberate

• wicked, offensive
• SYN: evil, odious, abominable
• ANT: excellent, splendid

• not changeable, constant
• ANT: variable, fickle

• a rebel against authority, rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority
• SYN: revolutionary, rebellious
• ANT: loyalist, faithful

• delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent
• SYN: delusions of granduer
• ANT:humility

• easy job; job requiring little work
• SYN: "noshow" job

• stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation, made/accomplished by fraud
• SYN: furtive, covert, clandestine

• to go beyond a limit or boundary, to sin, violate a law
• SYN: overstep, exceed
• ANT: obey

• to change from one nature, substance or form to another
• SYN: transform, convert, metamorph
• ANT: preserve

• performed, suffered, otherwise experienced by one person in place of another
• SYN: surrogate, substitute, secondhand
• ANT: real, actual

• severe or stern in manner, without adornment or luxury, simple, plain, harsh/sour flavored
• ANT: mild, indulgent, luxurious

• performing acts of kindness/charity, doing good
• SYN: humanitarian, charitable
• ITS AN ADJ.

pale, guant, resembling a corpse

• to prepare by combining ingredients, make up, devise, fabricate
• SYN: create, fashion

• coarse, infeeling, stupid
• SYN: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish
• ANT: refined, elegant, tasteful

• (ruining)
• to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulturate; to cause to deteriorate
• SYN: cheapen, corrupt, demean
• ANT: elevate, uplift, improve

• to commit sacrilege upon; treat irreverently, to contaminate, pollute
• SYN: profane, defile, violate
• ANT: revere, honor, venerate
• (used religiously)

• to confuse; disturb composure
• SYN: upset, rattle, ruffle, perturb
• ANT: relax, calm

• grand in an impressive/stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
• ANT: humble

trifling, unimportant

• a breaking of law or obligation
• SYN: breach, transgression

• to make milder/softer, moderate in force/intensity
• SYN: lessen, alleviate, diminish
• ANT: aggravate, intensify

• to rob of goods by open force, plunder; the act of looting booty
• SYN: ravage, sack, loot

• to talk a great deal in a foolish/aimless fashion
• SYN: chatter, blab
• ANT: to the point

• very careful and exact, attentive to the fine pts of etiquette
• SYN: precise, scrupulous
• ANT: lax, perfunctory

inspring fear/awe, illustrious, eminent

• to find fault with, scold, rebuke
• SYN: chastise, chide

• to act of restoring someone/something to the rightful owner or former state; making good on a damage
• SYN: compensation, reimbursement

• strong/sturdy, brave, resolute; a brave strong person, strong supporter, one who takes an uncompromising position
• SYN: sturdy, stout, intrepid
• ANT: weak, vacillating

open to attack, capable of being wounded or damaged, unprotected

abnormal, irregular, departin from the usual

• damaging/derogatory statement, act of slandering/defaming
• SYN: innuendo
• ANT: endorsement, testimonial

• extremely strange, unusal, atypical
• SYN: grotesque, fantastic
• ANT: normal, typical

• abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
• ANT: gracious, tactful

• to coax, persuade through flattery/artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts
• SYN: wheedle, inveigh
• ANT: coerce, force

• to punish severely, criticize
• SYN: chastise, rebuke
• ANT: reward, honor

• to plan with ingenuity, to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan
• SYN: concoct, devise

• leader who eploits popular predjudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
• SYN: firebrand

• immoderate, lacking in self control, inclement
• SYN: excessive, extreme, unrestrained
• ANT: moderate, restrained, and collected

• mean, low, base
• SYN: inferior, unworthy, dishonorable

• an armored/protective glove, a challenge; 2 lines of men armed with weapons; an ordeal
• SYN: dare, provocation

• to call into question; to attack as false
• SYN: challenge, deny, dispute
• ANT: confirm, prove, validate

• based on an assumption or guess; use as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation
• SYN: assumed, supposed, conjecture
• ANT: actual, real, tested

to remove objectionable passages/words; from a written test

• hatred, contempt, disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
• SYN: abhorrence
• ANT: esteem, admiration, approbation

• resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
• SYN: stolid, dull, slow, stupid
• ANT: alert, sharp

inclined to nausea; easily shocked/upset, excessively fastidious, refined

• to cause to disappear, scatter, dispel, squander, spend foolishly
• ANT: gather, collect

• stinging, bitter in temper or tone
• SYN: biting, caustic, peevish
• ANT: gentle, warm, mild

• dismay, confusion
• SYN: shock, amazement, bewilderment
• ANT: calm, aplomb

• to deny responsibility for or connection with
• SYN: disown, disclaim, retract
• ANT: acknowledge, admit

• disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
• SYN: strife, discord
• ANT: accord, harmony

vulnerable

subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obiedient

• to place in a lower position to assign, refer, turn over-banish
• SYN: transfer, consign, demote

fat; having a large, bulky, body

• impartial, calm, free from emotion
• SYN: unbiased, cool, detached
• ANT: engaged, committed

faithlessness, treachery