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Annex
- (v)to add to, attach; to incorporate; (n) an attachment or addition
- Synonyms: (v) join, acquire, appropriate, procure
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Cleave
- (v) to cut or split open; to cling to
- Synonyms: sever, halve, sunder, adhere, clasp
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Cordial
- (adj) in a friendly manner, hearty; cheery; (n) a liqueur
- Synonyms: (adj) hospitable, affable, warm, convivial
- Antonyms: (adj) gruff, unfriendly, unsociable
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Cornerstone
- (n) the starting point of a building; a fundamental principle or element
- Synonyms: foundation, base, underpinning, support
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Debacle
- (n) an overwhelming defeat, rout; a complete collapse or failure
- Synonyms: disaster, fiasco, calamity
- Antonyms: success, triumph, victory, coup
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Devitalize
- (v) to make weak or lifeless
- Synonyms: enfeeble, sap, enervate
- Antonyms: enliven, stimulate, energize, excite
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Embroil
- (v) to involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion
- Synonyms: entangle, ensnarl
- Antonyms: disentangle, separate, disconnect
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Exonerate
- (v) to clear from a charge or accusation
- Synonyms: absolve, acquit, vindicate, exculpate
- Antonyms: implicate, incriminate, inculpate
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Glib
- (adj) ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere
- Synonyms: superficial, pat, oily, unctuous, facile
- Antonyms: halting, tongue-tied, speechless, awkward
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Haphazard
- (adj) by chance, not planned; lacking order
- Synonyms: random, accidental, slapdash
- Antonyms: deliberate, purposeful, orderly, meticulous
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Improvize
- (v) to compose or perform without preparation; to construct from available materials
- Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporize
- Antonyms: plan, rehearse, practice, prepare
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Incite
- (v) to rouse, stir up, urge on
- Synonyms: spur, kindle, provoke, instigate, prompt
- Antonyms: check, curb, impede, restrain, smother
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Influx
- (n)a coming in, inflow
- Synonyms: inpouring, inrush, invasion
- Antonyms: outpouring, exodus, departure
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Pallor
- (n) an extreme or unnatural paleness
- Synonyms: wanness, lividness, bloodlessness
- Antonyms: flush, blush, rosiness, bloon
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Pedigree
- (n) a list of ancestors, family tree; the history of origins of something
- Synonyms: lineage, ancestry, genealogy
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Precipitous
- (adj) very steep
- Synonyms: sheer, abrupt, sharp
- Antonyms: gradual, shallow, graded, incremental
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Profuse
- (adj) very abundant; given or flowing freely
- Synonyms: extravagant, lavish, bounteous, plenteous
- Antonyms: sparse, scanty, meager, insufficient
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Reconcile
- (v) to restore to friendship; to settle; to resign(oneself)
- Synonyms: unite, conciliate
- Antonyms: antagonize, alienate
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Shackle
- (v) to into chains
- (n, usually plural) a chain, fetter
- Synonyms:(v) manacle, enslave; (n) handcuffs, bonds, irons
- Antonyms:(v) free, unfetter, emancipate, liberate
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Threadbare
- (adj) shabby, old and worn
- Synonyms: frayed, speedy, ragged, shopworn
- Antonyms: luxurious, plush, costly, sumptuous
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