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500+Toefl Exam Word List
ABANDON: To give up completely - abandoned the sinking ship
Synonyms: relinquish, forgo, forsake
ABASH: To lose self-confidence to confuse, put to shame ! abashed before the assem"led dignitaries
Synonyms: fluster, disconcert, discomfit, discompose
#ntonym: $ad%&' self-possessed
ABDICATE: To give up claim to - abdicated the throne
Synonyms: renounce, a"andon, relinquish
ABET: To encourage -or support - treacherously abetted the enemy
Synonyms: spur, incite
#ntonym: deter
ABRIDGE: To shorten - abridged his lengthy speech
Synonyms: curtail, diminish, retrench
#nthonyms: protract, elongate, amplify
ABROGATE: To a"olish or render void - a treaty abrogated "y mutual consent
Synonyms: annul, nullify, rescind, void
ABSTEMIOUS: (oderate in the use of food or drink - abstemious in his ha"its
Synonym: temperate
ACADEMIC: )ertaining to school theoretical academic interests an academic discussion , *ith no practical
implications
Synonym: scholastic
ACCEDE: To agree to -accede to a request
Synonym: assent
#ntonym: demur
ACCELERATE: - To quicken, speed tip - took an accelerated course in order to graduate early
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Synonym: expedite $ad%& expeditious'
#ntonym: retard
ACCOLADE: #n a*ard or salute - a tremendous accolade for a returning hero
Synonyms: tri"ute, ovation
ACCORD: #greement or harmony - in full accord *ith his vie*
Synonyms: concord, concurrence
#ntonyms:dissension, discord
ACRIMONIOUS: Sharp or harsh in language or temper - stung "y the acrimonious remark
Synonyms:caustic, acer", pungent, tart, mordant, acrid $noun' asperity
#ntonyms:suave, affa"le
ACUMEN: +eenness of mind or insight - sho*ing exceptional "usiness acumen
Synonyms:perspicacity, discernment, perception
#ntonym:o"tuseness
ADMONISH $noun: #(./T/.': To *arn or find fault gently - admonishing the unruly child
Synonyms:chide, caution, reprimand, reprehend, reproach
ADVERSARY: $ad%&: #0E1SE': #n opponent - his adversary in a "itter de"ate
Synonym:antagonist
#ntonyms:cohort, confederate, ally, accomplice
ADVERSITY: (isfortune - calm in the face of adversity
Synonyms:affliction, mischance, reverses
AESTHETIC: )ertaining to the "eautiful - interested in aesthetic values rather than in purely practical affairs
AFFABLE: Socia"le, courteous, and agreea"le in manner a much admired, affable gentleman
Synonyms: civil, complaisant, "enign, gracious, genial, ur"ane, cordial
#ntonyms:curt, "rusque, rude, "oorish, surly
AFFLUENT: )rosperous, flourishing copious - a large "equest from an affluent grandfather
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Synonyms:opulent, profuse
#ntonyms:destitute, impecunious
AGGRESSIVE $noun: #221ESS/.& an unprovoked attack': self-assertive attacking, offensive - annoyed people
"y his aggressive attitude
Synonyms:"umptious, officious, o"trusive
#ntonyms:meek, hum"le, retiring, diffident
ALACRITY: Eagerness cheerful promptness - responded to the flattering offer *ith alacrity
Synonyms:celerity, "riskness, energy, animation
#ntonyms:apathy, nonchalance, sluggishness, lethargy, phlegmatism
ALIENATE: To estrange - altenated by his gruff manner
ALLAY: To calm to lessen in severity - at ease no* that his fears have "een allayed .
Synonyms:appease, alleviate, pacify, assuage, a"ate, mitigate, propitiate, mollify, placate
#ntonyms:intensify, aggravate
ALLUDE $noun: #LL3S/.': To refer to indirectly - alluded quite su"tly to his friend4s misfortune
Synonyms:insinuate, intimate, imply
#ntonyms:refer, cite
ALLURE: To tempt "y flattery or an attractive offer - allured "y the prospect of a ne* %o"
Synonyms:lure, decoy, inveigle, entice, seduce, *heedle, "eguile, ca%ole
#ntonym:repel
AMBIGUOUS: 3ncertain, vague, capa"le of "eing inter- in more than one *ay - pu55led "y the ambiguous
statement
Synonyms:ha5y, o"scure, equivocal, du"ious, ne"ulous
#ntonyms:explicit, unquestiona"le
AMENABLE: "edient *illing to su"mit - amenable to the suggestion
Synonyms:tracta"le, docile, responsive
#ntonyms:intracta"le, refractory, recalcitrant
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AMIABLE: 2ood-natured friendly - attracted friends "y his amiable disposition
Synonym:complaisant
ANACHRONISM: # thing placed or occurring out of its normal time - # machine gun at the 6attle of 7orkto*n
*ould "e an anachronism
ANALOGY $ad%&: #.#L23S': # relation "et*een t*o things sho*n in the resem"lance not of the things
themselves "ut of their characteristics- 8e indicated points of analogy "et*een the t*o situations
Synonyms:correspondence, affinity
#ntonym: anomaly $a deviation from the general rule'
ANARCHY: State of confusion or la*lessness - a country "rought to utter anarchy "y civil *ar
Synonyms: chaos, pandemonium
ANIMUS: # feeling of hatred-felt no animus, even against the enemy
Synonyms: enmity, rancor, malevolence, animosity
#ntonym: amity
ANNALS: 8istorical records - in the annals of literature
ANONYMOUS: f unkno*n authorship-an anonymous pu"lication
ANTHOLOGY: # collection of choice literary *orks ! an anthology of modern poetry
ANTITHESIS $ad%&: #.T/T8ET/9#L': 9ontrast the direct opposite - 8is selfish attitude seemed to me the
antithesis o patriotism
APATHY $ad%&: #)#T8ET/9': Lack of feeling, emotion, or interest - attri"uted his failure to apathy, rather than lack
of a"ility
Synonyms: torpor, lethargy, sluggishness, listlessness, languor, lassitude, dispassion $ver"' languish
#ntonyms:5eal, animation
APPREHENSIVE $ver": #))1E8E.': earful - 6eing unprepared, ;ohn is apprehensive of the examination
APPRISE: To inform -apprised his lieutenants of the ne* situation.
APPROBATION: #pproval praise -a plan that met *ith hearty approbation
Synonyms:sanction, commendation
Synonyms:sanction, commendation
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#ntonym:disappro"ation
APT $noun: #)T/T3E, #)T.ESS'
)1(Likely inclined or disposed - apt to succeed& Synonym: prone
)2(it, suita"le - an apt remark .
Synonyms: appropriate, felicitous
)3(Skillful, expert - apt at *oodcarving.
Synonyms: deft, dextrous, adept& #ntonym: inept
ARBITER : # person *ho has authority to decide matters in dispute - a fair decision rendered "y the arbiter
Synonyms: mediator, ar"itrator
ARCHETYPE: #n original pattern - copies reproduced from the archetype
Synonym: prototype
#ntonyms: Stereotype, facsimile, replica
ARID: ry "arren - the arid desert land
Synonyms& %e%une, parched
#ntonyms: ara"le, fertile
ARISTOCRACY: 2overnment "y the "est people a privileged class -special privileges en%oyed "y the aristocracy
Synonym: oligarchy
#ntonym: democracy
ARMISTICE: # temporary suspension of hostilities& The armistice halted the *ar
Synonym: truce
ARTFUL: Sly crafty - attained his mean o"%ective "y artful measures
Synonyms: cunning, *ily, adroit, ingenious, guileful
#ntonyms: guileless, ingenuous, artless
ARTICULATE $ver"': To speak clearly or distinctly - articulated slo*ly so that he could not "e misunderstood
)ad%:(.9apa"le of speech distinct, clear ! an articulate man, al*ays ready to give his vie*s
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ASCETIC: 1igorously self-denying - pursued the ascetic life of a monk
Synonyms: austere, a"stinent
#ntonyms: *anton, self-indulgent
ASKANCE: With distrust - looked askance at the forged signature
ASSEVERATE: To declare positively to confirm - asseverated his vie*s *ith conviction
Synonyms:assert, avouch, aver, avo*, allege
#ntonyms:gainsay, controvert, recant, rescind, a"%ure, disavo*
ASSIDUOUS: /ndustrious - an assiduous *orker, toiling long hours
Synonyms:sedulous, attentive, diligent, indefatiga"le
#ntonyms:indolent, slothful
ASYLUM: # place offering shelter and retreat -found asylum from persecution
Synonyms:sanctuary, refuge
ATHEIST: ne *ho denies that 2od exists - The atheist declared, <There is no 2od".
Synonyms:infidel, agnostic, skeptic
ATTRIBUTE $ver"': #ssign -attributed his success to "ard *ork .
Synonym: ascri"e
)noun:(#n inherent quality -2enerosity *as his outstanding attribute
AUGMENT: To increase or enlarge - an army augmented "y numerous enlistments.
Synonyms: enhance, amplify - #ntonyms: a"ate, curtail
AUSPICIOUS: /ndicating a happy outcome - The prospect for this pro%ect appears auspicious.
Synonyms:propitious, fortunate
#ntonyms:ominous, fore"oding
AUTHENTIC: 2enuine -proved to "e an authentic document
Synonyms:verita"le, "ona fide
#ntonymsapocryphal, counterfeit, spurious, "ogus
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AUTOCRATIC: espotic - feared "y the masses as an autocratic ruler
Synonym:tyrannical
#ntonym:"enevolent
AVARICE: Excessive greed - a fortune accumulated "y avarice and miserliness
Synonyms:covetousness, cupidity, avidity
#ntonym:magnanimity
AWRY: 3nsymmetrical not straight - the picture, hanging awry on the *all
Synonym:aske*
BANAL: Lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor-"ored "y his banal remarks
Synonyms:commonplace, hackneyed, prosaic, trite, stereotyped, vapid
#ntonyms:racy, original, vivid
BANEFUL $noun: 6#.E: poison source of harm': estructive, poisonous - a baneful effect, causing serious in%ury
Synonyms: deleterious, pernicious, virulent, noxious, toxic
#ntonym:"eneficent
BANTER : 2ood-natured teasing or ridicule-The t*o *its / exchanged banter , to the amusement of the audience
Synonyms:raillery, chaff
BATON: # stick or staff - The conductor *ielded his "aton gracefully
BELIE: To give a false idea of - 8is gracious manner belled his& evil purpose
Synonym:misrepresent
BELLICOSE /nclined to quarrel *arlike - 8is bellicose attitude often got ;ohn into fights
Synonyms: pugnacious, contentious, disputatious
#ntonyms: pacific, conciliatory
BELLIGERENT: Engaged in *ar - t*o belligerent nations *arring fiercely
BENEVOLENT: +indly charita"le - like a benevolent monarch, "esto*ing many favors
Synonyms: "enign, "enignant, gracious, magnanimous
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#ntonyms: malevolent, malignant
BEREAVE: To deprive or leave desolate "y loss - a *ido* %ust bereaved of her hus"and
BESMIRCH: To soil or dirty - besmirched his opponent4s good name *ith vile epithets.
Synonyms: stilly, defile, smirch, "espatter
BIASED: )re%udiced - misled "y a biased point of vie*
Synonyms:"igoted, ar"itrary, partial, partisan
#ntonyms:disinterested, equita"le
BIBLIOPHILE: # lover of "ooks - The bibliophile fingered the old "ook fondly
#ntonym: "i"liopho"e
BIZARRE: =ueer unusual in appearance- bizarre clothes, outlandish in the extreme
Synonyms:odd, fantastic, grotesque, eccentric
BLAND: 2entle polite agreea"le - a bland diet, *ithout irritating foods
Synonyms: mild, suave $affa"le or persuasive in manner', soothing, non-irritating
#ntonyms: piquant, tart, racy, caustic, acrid, pungent
BLANDISHMENT: # flattering speech or act - attracted people "y his blandishments
BLEMISH $ver"': To scar or spoil - 6ad associates blemished his character
)noun:(# disfigurement, defect - a character *ithout a blemish
BLIGHT: To ruin or decay - the rotting *heat-, blighted "y incessant rain
Synonyms:*ither, "last
BLITHE: 2ay and light-hearted in spirit or mood - spread cheer *ith her blithe spirit
Synonyms: %ocund, merry, %oyous
#ntonyms: de%ected, forlorn, a"%ect
BOG: # s*amp - sank into the spongy bog
Synonyms: morass, fen, quagmire, mire
BOMBASTIC $noun: 6(6#ST': 8igh-sounding pretentious in language - a bombastic speech, inflated *ithmeaningless high-flo*n *ords
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Synonyms: ranting, pompous, fustian
BOORISH: 3nrefined in speech or manners - exhi"ited the boorish manners of a "ack*oodsman.
Synonyms:churlish, uncouth& uncultured, crass
#ntonym: suave
BUCOLIC: )ertaining to the country - a bucolic poem de- the %oys of the shepherd.
Synonyms:pastoral, rustic, rural
BUFFOON: # clo*n - acting like a buffoon, full of ludicrous tricks
Synonym: harlequin
BULWARK
1.#n em"ankment used as a fortification - a lofty bulwark for defense
Synonym: rampart
1.# person, idea, or o"%ect serving as a protection - acted as a bulwark in the fight against crime
BUMPTIOUS: "noxiously conceited or self-assertive - a bumptious monitor, puffed up *ith his o*n importance
Synonyms: aggressive, arrogant, contumelious, over"earing
CABAL: # small group of persons engaged in plotting - a cabal of prominent persons united to overthro* the
government
Synonyms: %unto, faction
CACOPHONOUS: 3nharmonious sounding - a cacophonous "lare of trumpets, noisy and discordant
Synonyms: dissonant, discordant, "latant, strident, raucous #ntonyms: mellifluous, euphonious, dulcet
CADAVEROUS: 9orpselike hence, haggard, pale -8is face appeared cadaverous from long imprisonment
Synonyms: ghastly, gaunt, pallid $noun: pallor', *an, ashen
#ntonyms: ru"icund, florid
CALLOUS: 3nfeeling or insensitive - made callous "y long suffering
Synonyms: insensi"le, o"durate
CALUMNIATE: To accuse falsely or maliciously in order to in%ure another4s reputation slander - calumniated his
political opponent "y spreading false rumors
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Synonyms: asperse, vilify, defame, scandali5e
CANDID $noun: 9#.1': rank, outspoken impartial a candid reply that could hardly "e more forthright
Synonyms: artless, ingenuous, un"iased
#ntonyms: guileful, evasive
CANTANKEROUS: /ll-natured quarrelsome ! sho*ed a cantankerous and sullen disposition
Synonyms:petulant, peevish, contentious, pugnacious, testy, choleric, fretful
#ntonyms:amia"le, affa"le, equa"le
CAPRICIOUS: /nclined, through some *him or fancy change the mind, purpose, or actions suddenly - a capricious
person, undependa"le in mood or temper
Synonyms:fickle, fitful, changea"le, erratic, inconstant, crotchety, *himsical, mercurial
#ntonyms:steadfast, constant, even-tempered
CAPTIOUS: =uick to find fault a"out trifles- a captious critic pouncing on slight la*s
Synonyms:hypercritical, carping, carviling, censorious
CARICATURE: # picture or other description of a person *hich exaggerates ludicrously one or more of his
distinctive features - not a realistic portrait "ut a malicious caricature
CASTIGATE: To punish or critici5e severely - castigated for using improper language
Synonyms:reprove, up"raid, reprehend, censure, reprimand, chasten
#ntonyms:commend, eulogi5e, laud
CELESTIAL: )ertaining to the sky heavenly-a celestial pageant of "right stars
Synonyms:ethereal $noun' firmament
CHAUVINIST& #n extreme patriot-a chauvinist *ith most pride in his country
Synonym:%ingoist
CHICANERY: Trickery, deception,- practised chicanery all his shady dealings
Synonyms:duplicity, craft, stratagem, *ile, su"terfuge
CHRONIC: 9ontinuing a long time ha"itual-a& chronic complaint, persisting for years
Synonyms:persistent, unremitting, inveterate, incessant, constant
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#ntonyms:intermittent, sporadic, infrequent
CIRCUMSPECT: 9autious - looked a"out him circumspectly
Synonyms:prudent, vigilant, discreet, *ary
#ntonyms:rash, indiscreet, reckless, precipitate, foothardy, temerarious, headstrong
CIRCUMVENT: To gain an advantage "y the use of trick to evade "y the use of deception to go around -
circumvented the la* "y evasive practices
Synonyms:th*art, "alk, out*it, delude
CIVIL
1.f or having to do *ith citi5ens or the state - We / civil duties as *ell as civil li"erties
2.)olite, courteous - ans*ered in a civil fashion.
Synonyms: respectful, gracious
CLAMOROUS: Loud and noisy - a clamorous out"urst the cro*d outside
Synonyms: vociferous, o"streperous, "latant, raucous, strident
#ntonyms: muted, quiet
CLANDESTINE: Secret stealthy - a clandestine meeting kno*n only to a fe*
Synonyms: furtive, covert, surreptitious
#ntonyms: overt, manifest, a"ove-"oard
CLEMENT: (erciful gentle - a clement %udge *ho tempered %ustice *ith leniency
Synonyms: compassionate, for"earing
#ntonyms: relentless, ruthless
COALITION $ver": 9#LES9E': #lliance merging of various units into one unit - three parties forming a
coalition to rule the country
Synonyms: amalgamation, consolidation, fusion
COERCION: 9ompelling a person "y physical force or other means to do something against his *ill - rendered his
services *ithout the slightest coercion
Synonyms: constraint, restraint, impelling
COGENT: 8aving the force to compel, usually "y appealing to reason - persuaded "y cogent arguments
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Synonym: persuasive
COLLUSION: Working together secretly for an evil purpose - acted in collusion to overthro* the government
Synonyms: colla"oration, conspiracy, conniving, machination
COMMODIOUS: 1oomy - a commodious apartment
Synonyms: spacious, capacious, ample
COMPATIBLE: 8armonious a"le, to get along together parted company "ecause they *ere not compatible
Synonyms: congruous, consistent
#ntonyms: incongruous, discordant, incompati"le
COMPENDIUM $ad%&: 9()E./3S': # "rief summary of the main ideas of a larger *ork - a compendium ofchemistry in a slim volume
Synonyms: synopsis, digest, precis, a"stract, epitome
COMPENSATION: )ayment for services - %ust compensation for his la"or
Synonyms: stipend, remuneration, recompense, emolument
COMPLACENT: Self-satisfied - looked on his o*n performance *ith a complacent smile
Synonym: smug
COMPUNCTION: 1egret for *rongdoing - displayed slight compunction for his misdeed
Synonyms: contrition, penitence, atonement, remorse, qualm
CONCEDE: To yield to admit as true to grant - conceded victory to a superior force
Synonyms: acquiesce, capitulate
CONDIGN: Well-deserved $applied chiefly to punishment' - received condign punishment for his crime
CONDOLE $noun: 9.LE.9E': To express sympathy *ith another in sorro*, pain, or misfortune - condoled
*ith each other in their grief
Synonyms: commiserate, sho* compassion, solace
CONDONE: To forgive or overlook $an offense' - condoned the deed, in vie* of the offender4s age
Synonyms: extenuate, palliate, mitigate, gloss
CONFEDERATE $noun': # person allied *ith others for a special purpose $frequently a "ad one' - %oined hisconfederate in secret enterprise.
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Synonyms: colla"orator, accomplice
)ad%:(.3nited or allied in a conspiracy - t*o confederate groups hurrying to their rende5vous
CONGENIAL
)1()ossessing similar interests and tastes a"le to get on *ell *ith others - congenial people *ith similar "ackgrounds.
Synonym: compati"le
)2(#greea"le - congenial to his taste
CONJECTURE: To guess - Without facts, *e can only conjecture a"out his guilt
Synonyms: surmise, presume
CONSECRATE
)1(To set apart as sacred - consecrate the "attlefield *ith a monument to the dead heroes& Synonyms: hallo*,
sanctify #ntonym: desecrate
)2(To devote or dedicate to some aim - consecrated his life to teaching
CONSENSUS& 2eneral agreement - The consensus of the committee *as that no action should "e taken
Synonym: accord
CONSTERNATION: #ma5ement lack of courage caused "y fearful prospect - The threat struck deep consternation
into ;ohn
Synonyms: dismay, "e*ilderment
CONSTRUE $noun: 9.ST139T/.': To interpret, explain the sense of, or analy5e - construed the statement to
his o*n advantage
CONSUMMATE $ad%&': )erfect or highly accomplished - achieved *ith consummate skill.
#ntonyms: "otched& "ungled, inept
)ver":(To complete, "ring to perfection - consummated the deal *ithout delay
CONTEMPTUOUS: Expressive of contempt $an emotion involving anger and disgust' - cast a contemptuous look at
his su"ordinate
Synonyms: supercilious, scornful, disdainful, contumelious
CONVIVIAL: estive gay - a convivial party
Synonyms: %ovial, %ocund, mirthful
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#ntonyms: lugu"rious, dolorous, mirthless
COPIOUS: )lentiful - shed copious tears at the "ad ne*s
Synonyms& profuse, "ountiful, a"undant
#ntonyms: meager, scant
CORPULENT: at - corpulent due to excessive eating
Synonyms: o"ese, portly
#ntonyms: gaunt, lank, emaciated, peaked
COSMOPOLITAN $noun': ne *ho is at home in all countries - # cosmopolitan can feel at ease any*here in the
*orld.
)ad%:(.ree from local pre%udices - a *orld-*ide traveler, cosmopolitan in tastes and attitudes.
Synonyms: 9atholic
#ntonyms: parochial, provincial
COTERIE: # group of people %oined "y common interests a coterie of select friend
Synonym: clique
COUNTENANCE $noun': # face - 8is countenance expressed his complete disgust.
Synonym: visage
)verb:(To approve - refused to countenance disrespectful conduct
Synonym: sanction
CRASS: 9oarse and stupid - displayed crass ignorance
Synonym: gross
CRAVEN $noun': 9o*ard - the deed of a craven, motivated "y fear
Synonym& )oltroon
)ad%:(.9o*ardly - a craven act *hich shocked the *orld.
Synonyms: pusillanimous, dastardly.
#ntonyms: stal*art, intrepid, valiant, stout-hearted
CREDENCE: Trust or "elief - gave little credence to the rumor
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Synonym: conviction
#ntonym: skepticism
CREDIBLE: Worthy of "elief - a credible story, true to life
#ntonym: incredi"le
CREDITABLE: eserving or reflecting 9redit or honor - applauded for his creditable performance
Synonyms: praise*orthy, meritorious, commenda"le
#ntonyms: discredita"le, infamous, oppro"rious, ignominious
CREDULOUS: /nclined to "elieve anything easily imposed upon - a credulous fool *hom anyone can dupe
Synonym: gulli"le
#ntonyms: incredulous, skeptical
CRINGE: To shrink in fear - cringing "efore superior force
Synonyms, co*er, flinch, fa*n, truckle, *ince
CRUCIAL: ecisive or critical difficult - the crucial event that decided the outcome
CRYPTIC: 9ontaining hidden meaning - a cryptic message, difficult to decipher
Synonyms: occult, enigmatic
#ntonyms: palpa"le, manifest
CULPABLE: eserving "lame or censure - removed from office for culpable negligence
Synonyms: censura"le, reprehensi"le
CUMBROUS: 6urdensome and clumsy - a cumbrous knapsack, impeding his march
Synonyms: cum"ersome, un*ieldy, "ulk
CURB: To control, check, or restrain - forci"ly curbed the people4s protest
Synonyms: repress, su"due
CURSORY: 8urried hence, superficial - Time permitted only a cursory examination
#ntonyms: painstaking, meticulous
CURT: 1udely a"rupt -offended "y the curt response
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Synonyms: "lunt, "rusque, "luff
#ntonyms: affa"le, civil
CYNICAL: Sneeringly distrustful of the good motives or conduct of others - "elittled the hero *ith a cynical remark
Synonyms: sarcastic, surly
DEARTH: Scarcity - a dearth of ne*s, "rought a"out "y censorship
#ntonyms: plethora, a"undance
DEFERENCE: Su"mitting to the *ishes or %udgment of another - yielded out of deference to the old man
Synonyms: respect, complaisance, veneration
#ntonym: recalcitrance
DEITY: # god -The sun *as a deity to ancient peoples
Synonym: divinity
DELECTABLE: 0ery pleasing - a delectable meal, tastefully prepared
DELETE: To erase or cancel, take out or remove - deleted an offensive phrase
Synonyms: expunge, censor, efface, eradicate
DELINEATE: To sketch or portray - striking features, delineated "y a master artist
DELINQUENT $noun': #n offender - found to "e a delinquent "y the court
)ad%:(.ailing to fulfill an o"ligation - too many people *ho are delinquent in meeting their civic duties.
Synonym: derelict
DELUGE: # great flood do*npour - a spring deluge *hich caused the river to overflo*
DEMAGOGUE: # leader *ho tries to stir the passions of people for his o*n purposes - the mo" roused "y an
unprincipled demagogue
DEMEANOR : 6ehavior "earing - carrying himself *ith a proud demeanor
Synonyms: deportment, mien
DEMURE: #ffectedly or falsely modest or prim serious demure as a 0ictorian maiden
Synonyms: sedate, staid, decorous, prudish, coy
#ntonyms: immodest, frivolous
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DENOUNCE $noun: E.3.9/#T/.': To speak against - denounced "y the press as a traitor
Synonyms: stigmati5e, censure, reprehend, castigate
#ntonyms: laud, eulogi5e
DEPLETE: To empty or to use up - depleted the pu"lic treasury "y vast "uilding programs
Synonyms: exhaust, drain
#ntonyms: replenish $ad%&' replete
DEPLORE: To express sorro* or grief over - a lamenta"le situation deplored "y all parties
Synonyms: lament, decry, grieve
DEPRAVED: f lo* morals corrupt - a depraved mind, devising evil
Synonyms: de"ased, *icked, vicious, perverted
DEPRECATE: To plead or argue against a certain course of action - deprecated the proposal severely
Synonyms: remonstrate, protest, decry, expostulate
#ntonym: sanction
DEPRECIATE: To "elittle or speak slightingly of - depreciated ;ohn4s acting a"ility
Synonyms: disparage, derogate $ad%& derogatory'
#ntonyms: enhance, magnify, extol, laud, eulogi5e
DEVASTATION: Widespread ruin - the city left in utter devastation "y *ar
Synonyms: destruction, desolation
DEVIOUS
)1(Winding indirect - took a devious, rather than the direct *ay home.
Synonym: circuitous
)2(Straying from the right course - used devious means to attain his *icked ends.
Synonyms: crooked, erring
DEVOID: Lacking in not possessing - a speech devoid of even a trace of ill-*ill
Synonym: destitute
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#ntonyms: a"ounding, prevalent
DEVOUT: evoted to religious o"servances - devout in his regularity of attendance at *orship
Synonyms: pious, religious
#ntonym: impious
DICTUM: #rt authoritative statement a saying-an imperial dictum demanding instant compliance
DIDACTIC: esigned to teach, imparting a lesson - a poem *ith a didactic purpose
Synonym: pedagogical
DIFFIDENT: Lacking in self-confidence- too diffident to lead a group
Synonyms: shy, timid, reserved, reticent, retiring
#ntonyms: for*ard, aggressive
DILEMMA: # situation calling for a choice "et*een t*o equally difficult alternatives hence, a difficult or
perplexing situation - faced *ith a dilemma defying solution
Synonyms:predicament, quandary, plight
DILETTANTE: ne *ho da""les in the fine arts for amusement only and *ithout concentrated study - a doctor "y
profession, a dilettante in art
Synonyms:amateur, connoisseur
DISCONCERT: To confuse to em"arrass - disconcerted "y his suspicious stare
Synonyms:pertur", discomfit, discompose, a"ash, disquiet, fluster
DISCONSOLATE: epressed *ithout hope or possi"ility of consolation - made disconsolate "y a"%ect poverty
Synonyms:inconsola"le, de%ected
#ntonyms:"lithesome, carefree
DISCOURSE: To converse or talk to discuss - discoursed at length on the rise of political parties
DISCRETE: Separate - t*o discrete issues, totally unrelated
DISCURSIVE: 1am"ling from one su"%ect to another - a discursive letter, covering many topics
Synonyms:desultory, digressive
DISPARITY $ad%&: /S)#1#TE': /nequality difference in image, quantity, character, or rank - great disparity "et*een promise and performance
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DISPASSIONATE: ree from feeling or partiality - coldly dispassionate as the chairman of the meeting
Synonyms:palm, impartial
#ntonym:partial
DISPATCH $ver"': To do speedily to send off - dispatched *ith remarka"le promptness.
Synonym: expedite
)noun:(# speedy performance the sending off of something - done *ith all possi"le dispatch.
Synonyms: celerity, alacrity
DISPEL: To drive a*ay to scatter - dispelled a dou"t that had lingered
Synonyms:dissipate, disperse, diffuse
DISSENT $noun: /SSE.S/.': To disagree to differ in opinion - 8e dissented violently, re%ecting compromise
DISSOLUTE: Living loosely unrestrained in conduct or morals - his life *asted "y dissolute conduct
Synonyms:de"auched, dissipated, profligate
DISTRAUGHT: (entally distressed distracted - distraught "y trials and tri"ulations
Synonym: harassed
DIVERSE: $ver": /0E1S/7 noun: /0/S/6/L/T7': 0aried different - t*o diverse characters one candid, the
other insincere
Synonym: multifarious
DIVERTING: Entertaining - a diverting one of the most amusing /4ve ever seen
DIVULGE: To make pu"lic or reveal - refused to divulge his source of information
Synonyms: disclose, impart
DOGMATIC: )ositive in expressing an opinion asserting an opinion as though it *ere an undisputed fact - spoken
dogmatically, as if the speaker considered himself infalli"le
Synonyms: over"earing, opinionated, peremptory, dictatorial
DOLOROUS: Sorro*ful mournful - a dolorous song full of sorro* for past %oys
Synonyms: doleful, lugu"rious, grievous
#ntonyms: %ocund, "lithe, mirthful
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DYNAMIC: orceful - possessed dynamic energy, tireless and po*erful
Synonym: energetic
#ntonyms: static, inert, dormant, torpid, sluggish, quiescent
ECCLESIASTIC (adj!: )ertaining to the clergy or the church - recogni5ed as an authority in ecclesiastic matters&#ntonyms: secular, lay
)noun:(# clergyman - an ecclesiastic of li"eral vie*s
EDICT: # pu"lic command or proclamation issued "y an authority - proclaimed "y royal edict
Synonym: decree
EDIFY: To instruct or uplift, particularly in morals or religion - a story that edifiesthe reader, as *ell as entertains
him
EFFETE: .o longer productive hence , lacking in or, *orn out - po*erful in ancient days, no* an effete civili5ation
EGOTISTIC: 9onceited - an egotistic person, flourishing on praise
Synonyms: egocentric, vain
#ntonym: altruistic
EGREGIOUS: utstandingly "ad an egregiousmistake *ith serious implications
EJACULATE: To exclaim or utter suddenly - ejaculated a cry of horror
ELICIT: To dra* out - elicited no response from the audience
Synonyms: evoke, extract, extort
ELUCIDATE: To make clear to explain - elucidated his theory so that even a school"oy could understand it
Synonym: clarify
EMISSARY: # person sent on an errand or mission - delegated his emissary to conclude a pact
ENGENDER : To cause, produce, or stir up-an act that engendered good *ill
ENNUI: 6oredom *eariness of mind-fell asleep at the meeting from sheer ennui
ENSUE: To follo* or result-Silence ensued *hen the leader arose to speak
ENTREAT: To "eg earnestly - entreated the %udge to sho* mercy
"ynonyms: solicit, supplicate, "eseech, implore, importune
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)adj(.mportunate, mendicant, suppliant
EPHEMERAL: 0ery short-lived - an ephemeral %oy, lasting "ut a day
"ynonyms: fleeting, transitory, transient, evanescent
#ntonym: eternal
EPICUREAN (noun!: # person devoted to luxurious living and pleasure - an epicurean , seeking to en%oy every
meal
)adj:(.)leasure-loving - 8is entire existence demonstrated his epicureantastes
EPIGRAM: # "rief pointed saying - a speech full of original epigrams
Synonyms: maxim prover", adage
EPITAPH: # tom"stone inscription - an epitaphengraved on mar"le
EPITHET: # phrase that descri"es a quality $good or "ad' in a person or thing - <2laring< error is a commonly used
epithet
Synonyms: characteri5ation , appellation
EQUANIMITY (adj: E=3#6LE': Evenness of temper or mind - suffered his cruel fate *ith equanimity
Synonyms: serenity, composure, impertur"a"ility, aplom"
ERR $noun: E11#T3(': To "e mistaken or go astray - To err is human, to forgive divine
Synonyms: stray, "lunder
ERRATIC: /rresponsi"le, eccentric lacking a fixed purpose erratic "ehavior, reflecting his queer ideas
ERUDITE: Learned - an erudite person, an editor of many "ooks.
Synonyms: scholarly , kno*ing
ESOTERIC: 3nderstood "y only a select fe* - an esoteric su"%ect, discussed only "y scholars.
Synonyms: a"struse, recondite
EXCEPTIONABLE: "%ectiona"le - e$ceptionable "ehavior, universally critici5ed
Synonyms: questiona"le, reprehensi"le, censura"le
#ntonym: lauda"le
EXCULPATE: To free from "lame - e$culpated "y a %ury
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Synonyms: vindicate, exonerate, a"solve, acquit
#ntonyms: arraign, indict, inculpate
EXEMPLARY $noun: E>E()L#1': Serving as a model commenda"le - e$emplary conduct approved "y all.
Synonyms: illustrative, typical praise*orthy, lauda"le
EXODUS: eparture, emigration - the pathetic e$odus of refugees from their homeland
EXOTIC: Strange and foreign - an e$otic costume imported from #sia
EXPATIATE: To speak or *rite at great length - 8e e$patiated on the su"%ect for t*o hours
Synonym: dilate
EXPATRIATE $ver"': To "anish or exile to *ithdra* from one4s country - e$patriated for treachery to his country
)noun:(#n expatriated person - e$patriates *ho left the 3nited States to live in )aris
EXPEDIENT $ad%&': 9onvenient in helping to attain some purpose - found it e$pedient to maintain silence at that
moment.
Synonyms: opportune, seasona"le
)noun:(# means to accomplish something - tried all e$pedients to achieve a quick result
EXPLOIT $ver"': To use for one4s selfish purpose ! refugees e$ploited "y unscrupulous employers
)noun:(# "rilliant deed - lauded for his e$ploits in science.
Synonym: feat
EXPOUND $noun: E>)S/T/.': To set forth in detail to explain - e$pounded his theory in a learned article
EXPURGATE: To purify $usually a piece of *riting' of offensive material - e$purgate all o"scenities "efore the
"ook could "e sold
Synonyms: purge, delete
EXTEMPORANEOUS: one or spoken on the spur of the moment or *ithout preparation - an e$temporaneous
speech
Synonyms: impromptu, offhand
EXTINCT: .o longer existing or active - the e$tinct dinosaur, alive only in history
Synonym: defunct
#ntonym: extant
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EXTIRPATE: To root out, destroy totally - e$tirpated the cause of trou"le
Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, efface, o"literate
EXTRANEOUS& .ot essential foreign irrelevant - excluded material e$traneous to the su"%ect
Synonyms: extrinsic, adventitious
#ntonyms: germane, intrinsic, inherent, relevant, pertinent
EXULTATION: 2reat re%oicing - received the good ne*s *ith e$ultation
Synonym: %u"ilation
FACADE: ront or face, especially of a "uilding - a facade of mar"le
FACETIOUS: 2iven to %oking or inappropriate gaiety said in fun - "rightened the evening *ith his facetious remarks
Synonyms: %ocose, droll, flippant, frivolous
#ntonyms: solemn, grave, saturnine
FALLACIOUS $noun: #LL#97': 3nsound misleading deceptive - led astray "y fallacious reasoning and plans
FALLIBLE: Lia"le to make mistakes or "e deceived - 6eing human, Tom *as naturally fallible
#ntonyms: infalli"le, unerring
FATHOM: To penetrate and understand - difficult to fathom his mysterious actions
FATUOUS: oolish silly - a fatuous suggestion that struck us as stupid
Synonyms: inane, vacuous, puerile
#ntonyms: %udicious, sagacious, sage
FEALTY: aithfulness - The soldiers *ere pledged to fealty to their ruler
Synonyms: allegiance, constancy, fidelity
#ntonyms: disloyalty infidelity, treachery
FEASIBLE: Worka"le - a feasible plan, proved practical "y - previous experience
#ntonym: impractica"le
245FEIGN $noun: E/.T': To pretend - 8e feigned to "e angry, "ut *e sa* through his pretense
Synonyms: dissem"le, sham, dissimulate, affect
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FELICITY $ad%&: EL/9/T3S':
)1(# state of happiness - promoted felicity in the nation
Synonym: "liss
)2(# high a"ility - lie has a felicity of language, mastery of the *ell-chosen phrase
FERVID: Spirited ardent - a fervid de"ater, full of emotion
Synonyms: perfervid, impassioned, 5ealous, fervent, vehement
FESTOON $noun': # garland of flo*ers, leaves, etc& hung "et*een t*o points - the room "right *ith festoons of
Thanksgiving decorations
)verb:(To hang *ith festoons - a room festooned *ith spring flo*ers
FETISH
)1(Something that is "elieved to have magical po*ers - savages *orshipping the fetish in a ceremonial dance.
Synonym: charm, talisman, amulet
)2(#n o"%ect of unreasoning devotion and *orship ! )hotography, "egun as a ho""y, "ecame a fetish
FIASCO: # ludicrous and complete failure - all his glorious plans ending in a fiasco
Synonym: de"acle
FICTITIOUS: 3nreal made-up - used a fictitious name to avoid "eing recogni5ed
Synonym: fa"ricated
FLACCID: Lacking firmness - muscles gro*n flaccid after the illness
Synonyms: fla""y, limp
FLAGRANT: utstandingly "ad - condemned for his flagrant a"use of po*er
Synonyms: glaring, scandalous, notorious, conspicuous, gross
FLAMBOYANT: Ela"orately sho*y - *ritten in a flamboyant , style, full of highly decorative imagery
Synonyms: florid, ornate, resplendent, em"ellished, garish, gaudy, gorgeous, rococo
#ntonym: som"er
FLAUNT: isplay or *ave "oastfully - flaunted the excellent report "efore his delighted parents
FLEETING: )assing s*iftly -the fleeting hours of happiness
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Synonyms: transitory, fugitive
FLUCTUATE: To *aver from one course to another to vary irregularly - his mood fluctuating *ith every hour
Synonyms: oscillate, vacillate, undulate, s*ay
FORBEAR $noun: 16E#1#.9E': To exercise self control to keep from - forbearing to shoot the animal despitetemptation
Synonyms: restrain, a"stain
FORENSIC: )ertaining to pu"lic discussion or la* courts - a la*yer gifted in forensic de"ate
Synonyms: rhetorical, oratorical
FORTUITOUS: #ccidental - a fortuitous meeting *ith a friend in need
Synonyms: casual, incidental, adventitious, random
FRACAS: # disorderly quarrel - # fracas "roke up the meeting
Synonyms: "ra*l, altercation, fray, *rangle, im"roglio
FRUSTRATE: To prevent $the attainment of an o"%ect' to defeat or render ineffectual - 8is scholastic progress *as
frustrated by a serious illness
Synonyms: "alk, th*art, foil, "affle, o"struct, discomfit
#ntonym: a"et
FULSOME: isgustingly excessive - nauseated "y fulsome praise
GARNISH: To trim or decorate - dishes garnished attractively *ith greens
Synonyms: adorn, deck
GENEALOGY: # record of a person4s or a family4s ancestors or relatives - an interesting genealogy, including saints
and sinners
Synonym: lineage
GENESIS: rigin - chemistry, *hich had its genesis in alchemy
Synonym: inception
GESTICULATE: To make gestures, or indicate feelings "y& motions - gesticulated wildly to sho* his distress
GHASTLY: 8orri"le, deathlike - a ghastly disaster *hich shocked the *orld
Synonyms: gruesome, grisly, pallid, maca"re, grim, lurid
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GIBE $variant spelling: ;/6E': To laugh at to utter *ith scorn - gibed at his enemy mercilessly
Synonyms: mock, sneer, %eer, scoff, flout, deride $ad%&: derisive', rail, taunt
GLIB: Smooth-spoken, fluent - a glib liar, distorting the truth effortlessly
GLUTTONOUS $noun& 2L3TT. ver": 2L3T': /nclined to cat to excess - gulped do*n his food in gluttonous fashion
Synonyms:voracious, intemperate
GOSSAMER $noun': # very thin gau5elike fa"ric or structure - a poem so delicate that it seemed an unreal
gossamer
)ad%:(.Thin and light - the gossamer *ings of a dragon fly.
Synonyms: diaphanous, flimsy, gau5elike #ntonyms: su"stantial, ponderous
GREGARIOUS: 8a"itually fond of associating in a company or herd - gregarious sheep that gregarious animal,
man
#ntonyms:lone, aloof
GRIMACE: # distortion of the face to express an attitude or feeling - a grimace that *as more expressive than
*ords
HAIL: To greet - The cro*d hailed the returning hero
Synonyms: accost, salute
HARANGUE $ver"': To deliver a long& noisy speech- harangued the multitude.
Synonyms: rant, declaim
)noun:(# loud, tiresome speech - an empty harangue *hich "ored his audience.
Synonym: tirade
HARBINGER , # forerunner ail announcer - the ro"in, harbinger of spring
Synonyms:precursor, herald
HAUGHTY: )roud looking do*n *ith contempt on others - dismissed the messenger in a haughty manner
HEEDLESS: Thoughtless taking little care - rushed into "attle, heedless of the danger
Synonyms: inadvertent, rash, incautious
#ntonyms: prudent, circumspect, mindful, *ary
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HEINOUS: Wicked hateful - committed a heinous crime
Synonyms: atrocious, outrageous, monstrous, odious, nefarious, a"omina"le
HERESY: #n opinion held in opposition to the traditional vie* - a vie* condemned as heresy
Synonym: heterodoxy
#ntonym: orthodoxy
HIATUS: # gap or vacancy "reak -left a hiatus on the page *here he erased a sentence
Synonym:"reach
HISTRIONIC: )ertaining to the theater designed for sho* - "roke into histrionic laughter, hollo* and insincere
Synonyms: dramatic, theatrical
HOAX $noun': # trick or deception a practical %oke - played a hoa$ upon the credulous pu"lic.
Synonym: canard
)ver":(To play a trick on to deceive - 8e hoa$ed the cro*d completely *ith his disguise
HOMONYM: T*o *ords having the same sound "ut different meanings - confusing such homonyms as mail add
male
HOVEL: # dirty or *retched d*elling - "orn in a hovel , died in a mansion
HYPERBOLE: Extravagant exaggeration for effect - #n example of hyperbole: <There are a million o"%ections to
the pro%ect".
Synonym: overstatement
#ntonym: understatement
HYPOTHESIS: #n assumption made for the sake of argument - *orked from a fantastic hypothesis
Synonym: supposition
IDIOSYNCRASY: #& personal peculiarity - Wearing *hite *as one of Whistler4s idiosyncrasies
Synonyms: eccentricity, foi"le, mannerism, crotchet, a"erration, quirk, singularity
IGNOMINIOUS $noun: /2.(/.7': /ncurring pu"lic disgrace - suffered an ignominious descent from political
po*er
Synonyms: infamous, degrading, oppro"rious, odious
#ntonyms: illustrious, reno*ned, preeminent
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IMMACULATE: Spotless pure - an immaculate reputation
Synonyms: undefiled, unsullied, un"lemished, untarnished
#ntonyms: defiled, sullied, "lemished
IMMINENT: Likely to occur soon - stood in imminent peril
Synonym: impending
IMMUNE $ver": /((3./?E': Exempt from protected from - immune from taxation
Synonym : unsuscepti"le
IMPALE: To pierce through *ith a pointed instrument - impaled a spider to the *all
IMPEACH
)1(To accuse $a pu"lic official' of *rongdoing - impeached the %udge for accepting a "ri"e.
Synonym: arraign
)2(To cast discredit upon - impeached his motives
Synonyms: call in question, discredit
IMPECCABLE: aultless - performed *ith impeccable skill
Synonyms: consummate, irreproacha"le, unerring, infalli"le
#ntonyms: culpa"le, falli"le
IMPERVIOUS: /ncapa"le of "eing penetrated - a mind impervious to ne* ideas
Synonyms: impermea"le, impenetra"le
#ntonyms: permea"le, pervasive
IMPLACABLE: /ncapa"le of "eing soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving - implacable resentment
Synonyms: unrelenting, inexora"le, unappeasa"le
#ntonyms: placa"le, for"earing
IMPLICIT:
)1(/mplied "ut not clearly expressed - an implicit agreement.
)2(3nquestioning - implicit confidence
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Synonyms: tacit, implied
#ntonym: explicit
IMPORT $noun': (eaning significance or importance - a matter of great import
Synonyms: purport, moment, consequence
IMPOSTOR $noun: /()ST31E': ne *ho pretends to "e *hat he is notunmasked as an impostor
Synonyms: quack, mounte"ank, charlatan, "ogus, fraud
IMPRECATION: # curse - hurled imprecations at those *ho *ould not listen to him
Synonyms: execration, malediction, anathema
#ntonyms: "enediction, "enison
IMPREGNABLE: 3nconquera"le - an impregnable fortress
Synonym: invinci"le
#ntonym: vulnera"le
IMPROPRIETY: /mproper act, manners, or expression - guilty of impropriety in pu"lic office
Synonyms: indecency, indecorum
#ntonym: amenity
IMPROVIDENT: Lacking in thrift not providing for future needs - an improvident spender
Synonyms: prodigal, shiftless
IMPUGN: To attack or critici5e as false to call in question - impugned his honesty
INCARCERATE: To imprison - crushed his opponents "y incarcerating them
Synonyms: intern, immure
#ntonyms: emancipate, enfranchise
INCISIVE: 9utting, penetrating - incisive criticism
Synonyms: sarcastic, mordant, trenchant, acute
INCOGNITO& With one4s identity concealed - traveled incognito
INCONTROVERTIBLE: /ndisputa"le - incontrovertible evidence
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Synonyms: irrefuta"le, -indu"ita"le
INCREMENT: #n increase - a salary increment
Synonym: accrual
INCUMBENT (noun!: #n officeholder - the incumbent in an election
)ad%:(."ligatory - felt it incumbent to reply
Synonyms: - mandatory, imperative
INDEFATIGABLE: 3ntiring - an indefatigable *orker
Synonyms:unflagging, unremitting, persevering
INDIGENOUS: .ative - 1ice is indigenous to 9hina
Synonyms:innate, in"orn
INDOOMITABLE: Stu""orn in determination not to "e su"dued - indomitable courage
Synonyms:insupera"le, irrepressi"le, invinci"le, unyielding
#ntonyms:tracta"le, amena"le, docile, su"missive
INFERENCE: # conclusion reached "y reasoning from data or premises - an inference dra*n from his remarks
Synonyms:deduction, implication
INGENIOUS: emonstrating originality, skill, or resourcefulness - an ingenious device
Synonyms:dextrous, inventive, adroit
#ntonyms:maladroit, gauche
INGENUOUS: Simple and straightfor*ard concealing nothing - an ingenuous plan that anyone could see through
Synonyms: unsophisticated, naive, candid
#ntonym: sophisticated
INGRATIATE: To *in another4s favor or good opinion tried to ingratiate himself *ith the politician
INHIBIT: To check or hinder - inhibited his friend from a foolhardy course
Synonyms:restrain, cur"
#ntonym: promote
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INNOCUOUS: 8armless inoffensive - an innocuous remark, "ut it enraged him
INNUENDO: #n indirect reference or suggestion $frequently derogatory' - conveyed his idea "y innuendo
Synonyms: $ver"' intimate, insinuate
INORDINATE: Excessive - spoiled "y inordinate praise
Synonyms: immoderate, intemperate, extravagant
INSATIABLE: 3na"le to "e satisfied - insatiable greed
Synonyms& unappeasa"le, unquencha"le, insatiate
INSCRUTABLE: /ncapa"le of interpretation or understanding - the inscrutable smile of the (ona Lisa
Synonyms: unfathoma"le, cryptic, enigmatic
INSIDIOUS: Working secretly or slyly - that insidious disease, cancer
Synonyms: *ily, crafty, furtive, treacherous, artful, guileful perfidious
INSTIGATE: To stir tip - instigated discontent among the soldiers
Synonyms: foment, incite
INTEGRITY: 8onesty, moral soundness - a man of proved integrity
Synonyms: pro"ity, uprightness, incorrupti"ility
INVEIGH $noun-& /.0E9T/0E': To speak angrily or "itterly-inveighed against economic discrimination
Synonyms: rail, denounce, fulminate, vituperate
IRASCIBLE: Easily angered - Even petty things made )eter irascible
Synonyms: choleric, petulant, testy, peevish, splenetic, touchy
#ntonyms: placid, equa"le
IRE: #nger -aroused his ire
Synonyms: resentment $ad%&' irate, incensed
IRKSOME: Tedious, monotonous - an irksome chore that no one liked
ITINERANT: Traveling a"out *andering - an itinerant salesman
Synonym: nomadic
JARGON: 9onfused, unintelligi"le, meaningless talk special voca"ulary used only "y mem"ers of a group or trade -
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0ariety, a ne*spaper *ritten in theatrical jargon
Synonyms: gi""erish, argot, cant
JAUNTY: 8aving an air of easy carelessness or liveliness - *alked *ith a jaunty step
Synonyms: sprightly, airy, gay, nonchalant, de"onair
#ntonyms: som"er, staid
JEOPARDY: anger - 8is life *as in jeopardy
Synonyms: ha5ard, peril
JETTISON: To thro* over"oard $as cargo' to thro* off $as a "urden or something in the way !- jettisoned their old
candidate as a political lia"ility
JUDICIOUS: Wise using or exhi"iting good %udgment - a *ell-chosen plan, termed judicious "y all
Synonyms:discreet, politic, discerning
KALEIDOSCOPIC: 9onstantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes - kaleidoscopic vie*s of .e* 7ork
KEN: 1ange of sight or understanding - something "eyond our ken
Synonym: insight
LABYRINTH $ad%&: L#671/.T8/.E': # structure or intricate passage out of *hich it is difficult to find one4s *ay$also applied to spiritual and intellectual complexities' - confused "y a labyrinth of intellectual discussions
Synonym:ma5e
LACHRYMOSE: 9ausing or given to shedding tears - a lachrymose tragedy
LACONIC: Saying much in fe* *ords - a laconic reply that spoke volumes
Synonyms:concise, pithy, terse, succinct, taciturn, reticent
#ntonyms:ver"ose, prolix, redundant, diffuse, tautological, turgid, garrulous, volu"le
LARCENY: Theft - indicted for grand larceny
LATENT: 8idden present "ut not fully developed - latent talent that time *ill reveal
Synonyms:dormant, quiescent, covert, potential
#ntonyms:apparent, patent
LAVISH
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)1()rofuse or generous - lavish in praise.
Synonyms: ample, supera"undant
)2(2iven to extravagance - a lavish spender .
Synonyms: prodigal, munificent, magnanimous.
#ntonyms: parsimonious, niggardly, frugal, penurious
LETHAL: eadly - a lethal weapon
Synonyms: mortal, fatal
LONGEVITY: )rolonged duration of life - a country remarka"le for the longevity of its inha"itants
LOW: To "ello* softly like cattle - the lowing herd in the meado*
Synonym: moo
LUCID: 9lear transparent easily understood - a lucid explanation of a difficult text
Synonyms: pellucid, perspicuous, intelligi"le, limpid, luminous, translucent
#ntonyms: a"struse, o"scure
LUDICROUS: 1idiculous producing laughter - a ludicrous remark that set them all to roaring
Synonyms: mirthful, droll, comical, a"surd
#ntonyms: doleful, lugu"rious, dismal
LUMINARY: #n eminent person a celestial "ody - the platform graced "y a num"er of luminaries
MACHIAVELLIAN: Sacrificing moral principles in order to attain po*er politically cunning crafty - a
machiavellian design, *ickedly contrived
Synonym: unscrupulous
MALICIOUS (noun: (#L/9E': 6earing, or acting *ith, deli"erate ill-*ill or spite - hurting *ith malicious intent
Synonyms:rancorous, malignant, malevolent, virulent, vindictive
#ntonym: "enign
MASQUERADE (verb!: To assume a deceptive appearance or character - a thief masquerading as an honest man.
Synonyms: dissem"le, feign
)noun:(# disguise a group of people in disguise or fancy costumes - a masquerade so perfect no one could guess his
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MAUDLIN: Sentimental to the point of tears - turned maudlin at the mention of his lost dog
Synonym : ma*kish, lachrymose
MEANDER : To *alk a"out $or talk' aimlessly to *ind a"out $as a stream' - meandered through the to*n, looking
into shop *indo*s
Synonym: ram"le
MEDIOCRE: #verage in quality - a mediocre performance, un*orthy of his talents
MERCENARY: #cting solely from a consideration of re*ard or profit - actuated "y a mercenary motive
Synonym: venal
MERETRICIOUS: #ttracting in a false, cheap, or sho*y manner- a meretricious "eauty that is too flashy to "e real
Synonyms:ta*dry, specious
METICULOUS: ussy a"out minute details - took meticulous pains *ith his composition
Synonyms:fastidious, punctilious, overscrupulous, finical, methodical
#ntonyms:desultory, perfunctory, slovenly
METTLE $ad%&: (ETTLES(E: high-spirited ': isposition spirit courage - 8is mettle *as tried in "attle
/diom: to "e on one4s mettle $meaning, @ready to do one4s "estA'
Synonyms:temperament, ardor
MICROCOSM: # little *orld, or a universe in miniature this village, a microcosm of the great outside *orld
#ntonym:macrocosm $*orld on a large scale'
MIMIC: To make fun of or copy "y imitating - mimicked the comedian4s gestures
MISANTHROPIC $noun: (/S#.T81)E': 8ating or distrusting mankind - condemned for his misanthropic
vie*s
#ntonyms: philanthropic, altruistic
MISNOMER : # name or term that descri"es *rongly - To call him a "rave man is really a misnomer
MONOLOGUE: # speech "y one person - The actor gave his vie*s in a dramatic monologue
Synonym:soliloquy
#ntonyms:colloquy $ad%& colloquial': conversation "et*een t*o or more persons dialogue: conversation "et*een t*opersons
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MOROSE: 2loomy ill-humored - shunned "ecause of his morose temper
Synonyms: sulky, cra""ed, sullen, splenetic, saturnine
#ntonyms: "lithe, genial
MOTLEY: f various colors of mixed ingredients - a motley costume a motley cro*d
Synonyms: checkered $referring to a varied career', pie"ald, variegated, diverse, heterogeneous
#ntonym: homogeneous
MOTTLED: Spotted or streaked *ith varied colors - a mottled pony
Synonyms:"lotched, dappled
MUNDANE: f, or pertaining to, the *orld, as contrasted *ith the spirit - mundane affairs
Synonyms:earthly, terrestrial, secular, temporal
MURKY: ark cloudy - a murky cavern
Synonyms:dismal, tene"rous, fuliginous
#ntonyms:resplendent, glo*ing, lustrous, luminous, fulgent, coruscating
MUTABLE: 2iven to frequent change in nature, mood, or form - mutable in mood as a spring *ind
Synonyms:vacillating, fickle, inconstant, fitful, mercurial, *avering, capricious
#ntonyms:constant, steady
MYRIAD: /nnumera"le - the myriad stars in the heavens
NAUTICAL: )ertaining to ships or navigation - a nautical career
Synonyms: marine, naval, maritime
NETTLE: To irritate or provoke - nettled "y his critics
Synonyms: vex, pique, goad
NOCTURNAL: )ertaining to, or occurring in, the night - a*akened "y the sounds of a nocturnal pro*ler
#ntonym: diurnal
NOISOME: oul-smelling harmful-the s*amp gave off a noisome odor
Synonyms: malodorous, fetid, disgusting noxious, deleterious
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#ntonym: salu"rious
NONCHALANT: 3nmoved or indifferent casual - reacted to the ne*s in a nonchalant manner
Synonym: apathetic
#ntonyms: enthusiastic, 5ealous
NOSTALGIA: 8omesickness - felt nostalgia for the old homestead
NOTORIOUS: Widely kno*n $in a "ad sense' - a notorious gam"ler
NOVICE: # "eginner - conducted himself in politics like a novice
Synonyms:tyro, neophyte
#ntonym:virtuoso
OBDURATE: 8ard-hearted stu""orn - an obdurate, unrepentant criminal
Synonyms:adamant, unyielding, inflexi"le
#ntonyms:su"missive, docile, compliant
OBLIVIOUS $noun: 6L/0/.': orgetful a"sent-minded - *alking oblivious of his surroundings
Synonyms:unmindful, heedless, a"stracted
OBSESSION: # persistent feeling, idea, activity, etc&, *hich dominates a person the state of "eing exclusively
preoccupied "y a fixed idea - .o* that he has learned "o*ling, it has "ecome his obsession
Synonyms:mania, infatuation $a foolish passion', monomania
OBSOLETE: .o longer in use - an obsolete *ord, not even included "y most dictionaries
Synonyms:archaic, antiquated
OBTRUSIVE $ver": 6T13E': Thrusting oneself or itself into undue prominence - made himself o"noxiously
obtrusive
Synonyms:intrusive, aggressive
OBVIATE: To prevent, dispose of, or make unnecessary "y appropriate actions - an act *hich obviated all
o"%ections
Synonyms:preclude, forestall
OMNIPOTENT: #ll-po*erful - an omnipotent despot
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ONUS: 6urden duty o"ligation - "ore the onus of his difficult office credita"ly
OSTENSIBLE: #pparent pretended - his ostensible, though not actual, purpose.
Synonyms:professed, plausi"le $that is, appearing true, reasona"le, or fair', specious
OSTRACIZE: To "anish to exclude from pu"lic favor or privileges - a former premier ostracized "y popular vote
Synonym: outla*
PANACEA: # remedy for all ills - seeking a panacea to cure our social trou"les
Synonym: nostrum
PANEGYRIC: # speech or *riting of extravagant praise - delivered a panegyric at his friend4s testimonial dinner
Synonyms:eulogy, adulation, tri"ute, laudation $ad%& laudatory', encomium
#ntonyms:censure, disparagement, derogation, castigation, depreciation
PARADOX: # self -contradictory statement something 4that appears to "e a"surd and yet may "e true -<Life is too
important a matter to he taken seriously&< - a parado$ "y scar Wilde
Synonym: anomaly
PARAPHRASE: To restate the meaning of a passage in other *ords - paraphrased the poem in a fe* lines of prose
PARODY $noun': # humorous imitation of an author4s style and mannerisms - *rote a parody on +ipling4s <2unga
in".
Synonym: "urlesque
)ver":(To *rite a parody - parodied the popular authors of the $lay to his audience4s amusement.
Synonym: (imic
PECCADILLO: # petty fault-possesses one peccadillo among his many virtues
Synonyms: frailty, foi"le, fla*, "lemish
PECUNIARY: )ertaining to money - involved in pecuniary difficulties
Synonyms financial, fiscal, monetary
PEDANT $ad%&: )E#.T/9': ne *ho proudly sho*s off his learning or *ho overrates his kno*ledge - like a
pedant glorying in his scholarly trifles
PENSIVE: Sadly thoughtful - softly sang his pensive song
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Synonyms: reflective, meditative, contemplative, musing
PEREMPTORY: )ositive in expressing an opinion - gave a peremptory %udgment
Synonyms:decisive, resolute, imperious, positive, dogmatic
#ntonyms:indecisive, tentative
PERTINACIOUS: 9linging doggedly to an opinion or purpose - pertinacious in his efforts
Synonyms:o"durate, tenacious, persistent, persevering, intracta"le, inflexi"le
PERUSE: To read carefully - perused the important letter
PERVERSE: Willfully "ent on doing the *rong thing - a perverse lad, al*ays diso"eying his parents
Synonyms:headstrong, fro*ard, refractory, *ay*ard, fractious
PETRIFY: To paraly5e *ith horror, fear, or surprise - petrified "y the enemy "om"ardment
Synonyms:stupefy, stun, "e*ilder, ama5e
PLAGIARISM& #dopting and reproducing, *ithout ackno*ledgment, the *ritings or ideas of another and passing
them off as one4s o*n - denied the charge of deli"erate plagiarism
PLATITUDE: # dull and commonplace remark - "ored people "y his pompous phrases and platitudes
Synonyms:"romide, truism, axiom
PLEBEIAN: )ertaining to the common people hence, common or vulgar - plebeian in his tastes and outlook
#ntonyms:patrician, aristocratic
PLEBISCITE& # direct vote "y the people - The decision to confederate *as ratified "y plebiscite
POIGNANT
)1(2ripping and moving the feelings po*erfully - a poignant grief
)2()iercing, "iting, pointed - a poignant cry poignant *it
PONDEROUS: 0ery heavy clumsy dull - a ponderous speech, extremely "oring
PRECARIOUS: 3ncertain or risky - earning a precarious livelihood, providing no luxuries
PRECIPITOUS:
)1(0ery steep - a precipitous cliff
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)2(escending rapidly - a precipitous decline in popularity
PRECOCIOUS: 1emarka"le for early mental development a precocious genius
PREDATORY:
)1(/nclined to plunder or ro" - predatory "ands roaming the countryside
)2()reying on, others - predatory animals pro*ling a"out
Synonyms: predacious, looting, pillaging
PREDILECTION: )artiality or preference for a favora"le opinion arrived at "eforehand - a predilection for
theatricals
Synonyms: prepossession, proclivity, predisposition, penchant
#ntonyms: aversion, antipathy, repugnance
PRELUDE: #n introduction, forerunner, or preliminary step - a short prelude to the play
Synonyms: preface, prologue, pream"le
#ntonym: epilogue
PREROGATIVE: # privilege or po*er attaching to a position - /t is a *oman4s prerogative to refuse to tell her age
Synonym: license
PRESTIGE: Esteem or influence accorded for recogni5ed achievements or reputation - #s Senator he en%oyed great
prestige
Synonym: distinction
415,PRECOCIOUS: 1emarka"le for early mental development a precocious genius
PREDATORY
)1(/nclined to plunder or ro" - predatory "ands roaming the countryside
)2()reying on, others - predatory animals pro*ling a"out
Synonyms: predacious, looting, pillaging
PREDILECTION: )artiality or pr eference for a favora"le opinion arrived at "eforehand - a predilection for
theatricals
Synonyms: prepossession, proclivity, predisposition, penchant
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#ntonyms: aversion, antipathy, repugnance
PRELUDE: #n introduction, forerunner, or preliminary step - a short prelude to the play
Synonyms: )reface, prologue& )ream"le
#ntonym: epilogue
PREROGATIVE: # privilege or po*er attaching to a position - /t is a *oman4s prerogative to refuse to tell her age
Synonym: license
PRESTIGE: Esteem or influence accorded for recogni5ed achievements or reputation - #s Senator he en%oyed great
prestige
Synonym: distinction
PRESUMPTION
)1(Something taken for granted - acted on a reasona"le presumption
)2(2oing "eyond proper "ounds impudent "oldness - 8is question *as do*nright presumption
Synonyms: effrontery, for*ardness, arrogance
PREVARICATE: To disguise or conceal the truth to lie - prevaricated in order to avoid detection
Synonyms: qui""le, equivocate $ad%&' mendacious
#ntonyms: $noun' veracity, verity $ad%&' forthright
PROCRASTINATE: To postpone or put off to another time - missed his opportunity "y procrastinating too long
Synonyms: defer, delay
PROGNOSTICATE $noun: )12.S/S': To forecast - The Weather 6ureau prognosticates daily
Synonyms:presage, portend, augur, fore"ode
PROLETARIAT: The *age-earning class - a truckman, hum"le mem"er of the proletariat
PROMONTORY: # cliff - an imposing promontory along the coast
Synonyms:headland, precipice
PROMULGATE: To pu"lish or proclaim to spread a"road The )resident promulgated a decree
Synonym:disseminate
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PROTUBERANT: 6ulging or s*elling out - a protuberant %a*
#ntonyms:receding, recessive
PROVISIONAL: Temporary for the time "eing - a provisional plan until a permanent decision is reached
Synonym:tentative
PROXIMITY: .earness-*orked in close pro$imity to his home
Synonyms :propinquity, vicinity
#ntonym:remoteness
PSEUDONYM: # false name assumed "y a *riter - concealed his identity "y a pseudonym
Synonyms:alias, pen name, nom de plume
PUNITIVE: /nflicting, or concerned *ith, punishment - took punitive measures against deserters
QUASH: To crush to render void - quashed a re"ellion quashed an indictment
Synonyms:suppress, extinguish, quell annul
QUERULOUS: 2iven to fault-finding and complaining - 8er querulous nature estranged many people
Synonyms:fretful, *hining, captious, carping, peevish, petulant
#ntonym: affa"le
QUIXOTIC: Extravagantly romantic or idealistic highly impractical - a qui$otic scheme that can never materiali5e
Synonyms:utopian, visionary, fantastic
RACONTEUR : # skilled storyteller - held spell"ound "y a super" raconteur
RADICAL $noun': ne *ho advocates extreme "asic changes - The reform movement *as led "y a radical
)ad%:(.Thorough, extreme - radical measures adopted to meet the emergency
#ntonym:$noun and ad%&' conservative
RAMIFICATION: # "ranching su"-division - studied the su"%ect in all its ramifications
RAZE: To tear do*n completely- razed the old "uilding
Synonyms:level
#ntonym:rear
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RECAPITULATE: To restate in a "rief, concise form to sum up - recapitulated the main ideas
RECIPROCAL: (utual done in return for something received - held each other in reciprocal esteem
RECUMBENT: Lying do*n leaning "ack or do*n - resting in a recumbent position
REDOLENT
)1(ragrant - a room redolent of roses.
Synonym: aromatic
)2(1eminiscent of - redolent of olden times
REDOUBTABLE: 9ommanding fear or respect - cringing "efore a redoubtable enemy
Synonym:formida"le
REFUTE: To prove incorrect or false-refuted his opponent4s argument
Synonyms:re"ut, confute
#ntonyms: su"stantiate, confirm, corro"orate
REITERATE: 1epeat $several times' - reiterated his story once more
REMUNERATIVE: )rofita"le - a remunerative %o"
Synonyms: lucrative, gainful
RENEGADE: ne *ho forsakes political or party principles or his religious faith - a renegade from his former
allegiance
Synonyms: turncoat, apostate, recreant, traitor
REPRISAL: /n%ury inflicted in turn for one received - took action in reprisal against his neigh"or
Synonym: retaliation
RESENTMENT: eeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or a"use - sho*ed resentment at
*hat he considered an un*arranted insult
Synonyms: um"rage, dudgeon, animosity
RESILIENT: Elastic light-hearted possessing po*er of recovery - a resilient Spirit, refusing to admit defeat
Synonyms: flexi"le, plia"le, supple, lim"er
RESPITE
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)1(Temporary deferment or cessation of *ork or pain - a "rief respite from la"or .
Synonym: surcease
)2(# temporary delay in the execution of -a sentence - granted the doom man a temporary respite.
Synonym: reprieve
RETRIBUTION: The re*ard or punishment exacted for an in%ury, *ickedness, or other action - suffered %ust
retribution for his folly
Synonyms: requital, nemesis
RETRIEVE:
)1(To make good -retrieved a mistake
)2(To recover -retrieved the suitcase left at the station
)3(To restore - retrieved his lost fortunes
REVERBERATE: To echo - a shot reverberating through the valley
Synonym: resound
RUDIMENTARY: /n an early stage of development - possessing only a rudimentary, kno*ledge of physics
Synonym: incipient
RUE $ad%&: 13E3L': To "e sorry for-8e *ill rue the day he left home
Synonyms: regret, repent
SACROSANCT: 0ery holy - a shrine& regarded as sacrosanct
Synonyms: consecrated, inviola"le, hallo*ed
SAGACIOUS $noun: S#2#9/T7': Wise shre*d - proved to "e sagacious in his %udgment
Synonyms: perspicacious, astute, sapient, discerning, sage
SALLOW: Sick - a sallow complexion
Synonym: pallid
#ntonyms: ru"icund, ruddy, florid
SALLY: $ver"': To rush forth suddenly - sallied out to meet the enemy
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)noun:(# Witty remark - amused the audience *ith his sallies against his opponent.
Synonyms: quip, "anter
SANCTIMONIOUS: )retending to "e religious - sho*ed his hypocrisy in a sanctimonious display of piety
SANGUINARY: 6loody - a sanguinary "attle
Synonym: gory
SANGUINE: f a hopeful disposition "lood-red in color - a perennial optimist, sanguine in temperament
Synonyms: "uoyant, ardent
SARTORIAL: )ertaining to a tailor or clothes - a picture of sartorial perfection
SATELLITE
)1(#n attentive or flattering follo*er - a prince surrounded "y many satellites.
Synonyms: lackey, toady, disciple, adherent ad%&, fa*ning, o"sequious, partisan
)2(# country influenced or controlled "y another - reedom is conspicuously a"sent ,in the Soviet satellites
)3(# "ody $natural or artificial' *hich revolves around a larger "ody, generally a planet - The moon is the only
natural satellite of the earth, "ut in recent years it has "een %oined "y many artificial satellites
SCINTILLA: # trace a particle - not a scintilla of convincing evidence
Synonyms: iota vestige
SCOURGE (verb!: To punish severely to afflict to *hip - a disease that scourged the country.
"ynonyms: excoriate, flay
)noun.(# *hip or other means of punishment a cause of affliction - The 6lack )lague *as a dreadful scourge of the
(iddle #ges.
Synonym: tri"ulation
SCRUTINIZE: To examine carefully -scrutinized the contents of the letter
SHIBBOLETH: # party slogan - a shibboleth designed to attract votes
SIMPER (verb!: To smile in a silly or affected *ay simpered as he greeted each guest
)noun:(#n affected or silly smile - stood nervously, a simper on his face
Synonym: (verb and noun' smirk
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SINECURE: Employment entailing little or no responsi"ility or la"or - 8is %o" *as a sinecure
SINISTER : Threatening or sho*ing evil dishonest - the sinister look of a gangster
SLEAZY: limsy and cheap - sleazy cloth *hich is used only in cheap garments
Synonym: unsu"stantial
SLOVENLY: 3ntidy-severely critici5ed the student4s slovenly appearance
Synonyms: slipshod, slatternly, fro*5y
SOPORIFIC: Tending to induce sleep - a poorly *ritten novel, soporific in effect
SORDID: (ean and "ase filthy - "ordid motives "reed selfish actions
Synonyms: degraded, vile, igno"le
SOVEREIGN: Supreme m po*er and authority independent of the control of any other government - possessing
sovereign po*ers a sovereign state
Synonyms: autonomous, imperial, ma%estic, paramount
SPORADIC: ccurring singly, at irregular intervals scattered - sporadic cases of illness
SPURN: To refuse or re%ect *ith contempt - an offer that *as spurned instantly
Synonyms: repel, snu"
STOIC: /ndifferent, calm in "earing pain or pleasure practising remarka"le self-control over emotions - maintained a
stoic attitude despite all his trials
Synonyms: stolid, impassive
STRINGENT: Strict compelling, constraining stringent regulations stringent requirements
Synonyms: exacting, rigid
#ntonym: lax
STUPENDOUS: #ma5ing "y, virtue of its immense si5e, force, or any quality in exceptional degree - The circus is a
stupendous spectacle
Synonyms: astounding, prodigious, monstrous, marvelous, colossal, a*ful
SUCCULENT: %uicy - a succulent steak
#ntonyms desiccated, vapid
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SULTRY: 9lose, hot, and moist - sultry tropical *eather
SUPINE:
)1(Lying flat on the "ack - resting in a supine position.
#ntonym: erect
)2(/nert, inactive, averse to taking action - a supine, ineffective administrator .
Synonyms: listless, torpid
TANGIBLE: 1eal actual - tangible gains *hich may "e seen& and counted
Synonyms: material, verita"le, percepti"le, su"stantial
TANTAMOUNT: Equivalent - an act that is tantamount to treason
TAUNT $ver"'& To reproach *ith contempt - taunted him *ith the charge of failure to act promptly.
Synonyms: mock, t*it, gi"e, sneer, deride
)noun:(#n insulting, %eering, or "itter remark - hurled taunts at his foes
TEEMING: /n a"undance, fertile, highly productive - the teeming tropics, rank *ith vegetation
Synonyms: s*arming, fruitful, fecund, a"ounding
TEMERITY: 3n*ise or reckless "oldness - leaped into "attle *ith thoughtless temerity
Synonyms: audacity, presumptuousness, effrontery, rashness
)adj(.temerarious, foolhardy, venturesome
#ntonyms: prudence, circumspection, *ariness
TEMPORAL: Worldly, as opposed to spiritual existing for a time only - a man preoccupied *ith temporal matters
Synonyms: mundane, secular, civil
TEMPORIZE: To delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time - temporized *hile his friends hurried to
his aid
Synonym: equivocate
TENET: # principle of "elief held as true - a tenet of religion *hich "e maintained loyally.
Synonyms: creed, doctrine, dogma
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TENUOUS: Slender not su"stantial of slight importance - clung desperately to his tenuous hope
TRANQUIL: 9alm peaceful - a tranquil summer night
Synonyms: placid, serene
#ntonyms: pertur"ed, ruffled, tur"ulent
TRANSGRESS: To "reak a la* or command to violate a moral principle to overstep a moral "ound or limit -
transgressed the "ounds of decency transgressed the la*
TREMULOUS: Trem"ling - tremulous *ith fright
Synonym: quivering
TRIVIAL: f little - importance - a trivial offense
Synonym: paltry
#ntonyms: gross, momentous
TRUCULENT $noun: T1393LE.9E': 9ruel, fierce harsh threatening or intimidating savagely - a dispute marked
"y a truculent attitude on "oth sides
TURGID
)1(S*ollen, inflated - turgid rivers overflo*ing their "anks.
Synonyms: "loated, distended
)2(3sing "ig or high-sounding *ords - a turgid prose style
Synonyms: pompous, "om"astic, prolix
UBIQUITOUS: Existing every*here - The common cold is a ubiquitous complaint
Synonyms: omnipresent, universal
UNTENABLE: /ncapa"le of "eing defended or held - *ithdre* the argument as untenable
UTILITARIAN $ad%&': (aterially or practically useful - "eautiful, "ut not utilitarian
VANQUISH: To su"due or conquer -an army vanquished *ith heavy losses.
VAUNT: To "oast - proudly vaunted his strength
Synonyms: "rag $noun: "raggadocio, "raggart', proclaim
VENEER : # superficial appearance or sho* designed to impress one *ith superiority - pierced "eneath his thinveneer of elegance
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Synonym: gloss
VENERABLE: eserving respect or reverence "ecause of age - a venerable leader
VERNAL: )ertaining to spring-an array of vernal flo*ers
#ntonym: hi"ernal $*intry'
VERSATILE: #"le to do many things skillfully - versatile in all the arts
VICARIOUS: Taking the place of another felt, received, or done in place of another - took vicarious pleasure in his
"rother4s victory
VICISSITUDE: # change from one condition to another, often unexpected - suffered many vicissitudes of fortune
VIRAGO: # scolding or ill-tempered *oman - (y neigh"or4s *ife is a virago
Synonyms: shre*, termagant, vixen
VITUPERATE $noun: 0/T3)E1#T/. ad%&: 0/T3)E1#T/0E': To scold or "lame loudly, find fault *ith in
a"usive language - an angry man, vituperating the *orld
Synonyms: "erate, revile
WAIVE: To give up $privileges, etc&' to do *ithout - waived his rights to the property
Synonyms: relinquish, forgo, forsake
WHIM $ad%&: W8/(S/9#L': # sudden notion or passing fancy -frequently acted on the whim of the moment
Synonyms: caprice, vagary, crotchet
WRITHE: To t*ist a"out $usually *ith pain' - writhed in agony on the floor
Synonyms: contort, squirm
ZEALOUS $noun: ?E#LT: fanatic': ull of enthusiasm or eagerness -a zealous student, first in his class
#ntonym: perfunctory
ZENITH: The highest point - the zenith of his career
Synonyms: acme, apex, culmination, summit
#ntonym: nadir
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