CLASSIC CLASSES (ANKUL SIR)

 
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ACRIMONIOUS:  Sharp  or  harsh  in  language  or  temper,  
Synonym Set - I caustic,  acerb,  pungent,  tart,  mordant,  acrid;  (noun)  
asperity.    
 
Antonyms:  suave,  affable,  
ABANDON:  To  give  up  completely,  relinquish,  forgo,    
forsake  
  ACUMEN:  Keenness  of  mind  or  insight,  perspicacity,  
ABASH:  To  lose  self-­‐confidence;  to  confuse,  put  to  shame,   discernment,  perception.  Antonym:  obtuseness.  
fluster,  disconcert,  discomfit,  discompose.      
ADMONISH  (noun:  ADMONITION):  To  warn  or  find  fault  
Antonym:  (adj.)  self-­‐possessed   gently,  chide,  caution,  reprimand,  reprehend,  reproach.  
   
ABDICATE:  To  give  up  claim  to,  renounce,  abandon,   ADVERSARY:  (adj.:  ADVERSE):  An  opponent,  antagonist.  
relinquish   Antonyms:  cohort,  confederate,  ally,  accomplice.  
   
ABET:  To  encourage  or  support,  spur,  incite.     ADVERSITY:  Misfortune,  affliction,  mischance,  reverses.  
Antonym:  deter    
  AESTHETIC:  Pertaining  to  the  beautiful,  interested  in  
ABRIDGE:  To  shorten,  curtail,  diminish,  retrench.   aesthetic  values  rather  than  in  purely  practical  affairs.  
 
Antonyms:  protract,  elongate,  amplify   AFFABLE:  Sociable,  courteous,  and  agreeable,  civil,  
  complaisant,  benign,  gracious,  genial,  urbane,  cordial.  
ABROGATE:  To  abolish  or  render,  void,  annul,  nullify,   Antonyms:  curt,  brusque,  rude,  boorish,  surly.  
rescind,  void.    
  AFFLUENT:  Prosperous,  flourishing;  copious,  opulent,  
ABSTEMIOUS:  Moderate  in  the  use  of  food  or  drink,   profuse.    
temperate  
  Antonyms:  destitute,  impecunious.  
ACADEMIC:  Pertaining  to  school;  theoretical  academic    
interests;  an  academic  discussion,  with  no  practical   AGGRESSIVE  (noun:  AGGRESSION.  an  unprovoked  attack):  
implications.  Synonym:  scholastic   self-­‐assertive;  attacking,  offensive,  bumptious,  officious,  
  obtrusive.    
ACCEDE:  To  agree  to,  assent.     Antonyms:  meek,  humble,  retiring,  diffident.  
Antonym:  demur    
  ALACRITY:  Eagerness;  cheerful  promptness,  celerity,  
ACCELERATE:  -­‐  To  quicken,  speed  tip,  expedite  (adj.   briskness,  energy,  animation.    
expeditious).     Antonyms:  apathy,  nonchalance,  sluggishness,  lethargy,  
Antonym:  retard.   phlegmatism.  
   
ACCOLADE:  An  award  or  salute,  tribute,  ovation   ALIENATE:  To  estrange.  
   
ACCORD:  Agreement  or  harmony,  concord,  concurrence.   ALLAY:  To  calm;  to  lessen  in  severity,  appease,  alleviate,  
Antonyms:  dissension,  discord   pacify,  assuage,  abate,  mitigate,  propitiate,  mollify,  

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placate.  Antonyms:  intensify,  aggravate.   interest,  torpor,  lethargy,  sluggishness,  listlessness,  
  languor,  lassitude,  dispassion;  (verb)  languish.    
ALLUDE  (noun:  ALLUSION):  To  refer  to  indirectly,  
Antonyms:  zeal,  animation.  
insinuate,  intimate,  imply.    
 
Antonyms:  refer,  cite.   APPREHENSIVE  (verb:  APPREHEND):  Fearful,  Being  
  unprepared.  
ALLURE:  To  tempt  by  flattery  or  an  attractive  offer,lure,    
decoy,  inveigle,  entice,  seduce,  wheedle,  beguile,  cajole.   APPRISE:  To  inform.  
Antonym:  repel.  
 
 
APPROBATION:  Approval;  praise,  sanction,  
AMBIGUOUS:  Uncertain,  vague,  capable  of  being  inter,  
commendation.  Antonym:  disapprobation.  
hazy,  obscure,  equivocal,  dubious,  nebulous.    
 
Antonyms:  explicit,  unquestionable.   APT  (noun:  APTITUDE,  APTNESS):  ((1)  Likely;  inclined  or  
  disposed,  prone.  (2)  Fit,  suitable,  appropriate,  felicitous.  
AMENABLE:  Obedient;  willing  to  submit,  tractable,  docile,   (3)  Skillful,  expert,  deft,  dextrous,  adept.    
responsive.  Antonyms:  intractable,  refractory,  
Antonym:  inept.  
recalcitrant.  
 
 
ARBITER:  A  person  who  has  authority  to  decide  matters  in  
AMIABLE:  Good-­‐natured;  friendly,  complaisant.  
dispute,  mediator,  arbitrator  
 
 
ANACHRONISM:  A  thing  placed  or  occurring  out  of  its  
ARCHETYPE:  An  original  pattern,  prototype.  Antonyms:  
normal  time    
Stereotype,  facsimile,  replica.  
   
ANALOGY  (adj.:  ANALOGOUS):  A  relation  between  two   ARID:  Dry;  barren    
things  shown  in  the  resemblance  not  of  the  things  
Antonyms:  arable,  fertile.  
themselves  but  of  their  characteristics,  correspondence,  
 
affinity.    
ARISTOCRACY:  Government  by  the  best  people;  a  
Antonym:  anomaly  (a  deviation  from  the  general  rule).   privileged  class,  oligarchy.  Antonym:  democracy.  
   
ANARCHY:  State  of  confusion  or  lawlessness,  chaos,   ARMISTICE:  A  temporary  suspension  of  hostilities,  truce  
pandemonium.    
  ARTFUL:  Sly;  crafty,  cunning,  wily,  adroit,  ingenious,  
ANIMUS:  A  feeling  of  hatred,  enmity,  rancor,   guileful.  Antonyms:  guileless,  ingenuous,  artless.    
malevolence,  animosity.  Antonym:  amity.    
  ARTICULATE  (verb):  To  speak  clearly  or  distinctly,  (adj.):  
ANNALS:  Historical  records.   Capable  of  speech;  distinct,  clear  
 
 
ANONYMOUS:  Of  unknown  authorship  
ASCETIC:  Rigorously  self-­‐denying,  austere,  abstinent.  
 
Antonyms:  wanton,  self-­‐indulgent.  
ANTHOLOGY:  A  collection  of  choice  literary  works.  
 
 
ASKANCE:  With  distrust    
ANTITHESIS  (adj.:  ANTITHETICAL):  Contrast;  the  direct  
opposite.    
  ASSEVERATE:  To  declare  positively;  to  confirm,  assert,  
APATHY  (adj.:  APATHETIC):  Lack  of  feeling,  emotion,  or   avouch,  aver,  avow,  allege.    

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Antonyms:  gainsay,  controvert,  recant,  rescind,  abjure,    
disavow.   BATON:  A  stick  or  staff.    
   
ASSIDUOUS:  Industrious,  sedulous,  attentive,  diligent,   BELIE:  To  give  a  false  idea  of,  misrepresent  
indefatigable.      
BELLICOSE;  Inclined  to  quarrel;  warlike,  pugnacious,  
Antonyms:    indolent,  slothful.  
contentious,  disputatious.  Antonyms:  pacific,  conciliatory.  
 
 
ASYLUM:  A  place  offering  shelter  and  retreat,  sanctuary,  
BELLIGERENT:  Engaged  in  war    
refuge.  
   
ATHEIST:  One  who  denies  that  God  exists,  infidel,  
BENEVOLENT:  Kindly;  charitable,  benign,  benignant,  
agnostic,  skeptic.  
gracious,  magnanimous.    
 
ATTRIBUTE  (verb):  Assign,  ascribe  (noun):  An  inherent   Antonyms:  malevolent,  malignant.  
quality      
  BEREAVE:  To  deprive  or  leave  desolate  by  loss.  
AUGMENT:  To  increase  or  enlarge,  enhance,  amplify.  
 
Antonyms:  abate,  curtail.  
BESMIRCH:  To  soil  or  dirty,  stilly,  defile,  smirch,  bespatter.  
 
 
AUSPICIOUS:  Indicating  a  happy  outcome,  propitious,  
BIASED:  Prejudiced,  bigoted,  arbitrary,  partial,  partisan.  
fortunate.    
Antonyms:  disinterested,  equitable.  
Antonyms:  ominous,  foreboding.    
  BIBLIOPHILE:  A  lover  of  books  -­‐  The  bibliophile  fingered  
AUTHENTIC:  Genuine,  veritable,  bona  fide.     the  old  book  fondly.  Antonym:  bibliophobe.  

Antonyms:  apocryphal,  counterfeit,  spurious,  bogus.      

 
BIZARRE:  Queer;  unusual  in  appearance,  odd,  fantastic,  
AUTOCRATIC:  Despotic,  tyrannical.  Antonym:  benevolent.  
grotesque,  eccentric.  
 
AVARICE:  Excessive  greed,  covetousness,  cupidity,  avidity.      
Antonym:  magnanimity.  
BLAND:  Gentle;  polite;  agreeable,  mild,  suave  (affable  or  
 
persuasive  in  manner),  soothing,  non-­‐irritating.    
AWRY:  Unsymmetrical;  not  straight,  askew.  
Antonyms:  piquant,  tart,  racy,  caustic,  acrid,  pungent.  
 
   
BANAL:  Lacking  in  freshness,  originality,  or  vigor-­‐bored  by  
his  banal  remarks,  commonplace,  hackneyed,  prosaic,   BLANDISHMENT:  A  flattering  speech  or  act.  
trite,  stereotyped,  vapid.      
BLEMISH  (verb):  To  scar  or  spoil  (noun):  A  disfigurement,  
Antonyms:  racy,  original,  vivid.  
defect  -­‐  a  character  without  a  blemish.  
 
 
BANEFUL  (noun:  BANE:  poison;  source  of  harm):  
BLIGHT:  To  ruin  or  decay,  wither,  blast  
Destructive,  poisonous,  deleterious,  pernicious,  virulent,  
noxious,  toxic.        

Antonym:  beneficent.   BLITHE:  Gay  and  light,  jocund,  merry,  joyous.    

 
Antonyms:  dejected,  forlorn,  abject.  
BANTER:  Good-­‐natured  teasing  or  ridicule,  raillery,  chaff  

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    candid  reply  that  could  hardly  be  more  forthright,  artless,  
ingenuous,  unbiased.  Antonyms:  guileful,  evasive.  
BOG:  A  swamp,  morass,  fen,  quagmire,  mire.  
   
   
CANTANKEROUS:  Ill-­‐natured;  quarrelsome,  petulant,  
BOMBASTIC  (noun:  BOMBAST):  High-­‐sounding;  
peevish,  contentious,  pugnacious,  testy,  choleric,  fretful.  
pretentious  in  language,  ranting,  pompous,  fustian.  
Antonyms:  amiable,  affable,  equable.  
   
   
BOORISH:  Unrefined  in  speech  or  manners,  churlish,  
CAPRICIOUS:  Inclined,  through  some  whim  or  fancy  
uncouth,  uncultured,  crass.    
change  the  mind,  purpose,  or  actions  suddenly,  fickle,  
Antonym:  suave.   fitful,  changeable,  erratic,  inconstant,  crotchety,  
whimsical,  mercurial.    
   
Antonyms:  steadfast,  constant,  even-­‐tempered.  
BUCOLIC:  Pertaining  to  the  country,  pastoral,  rustic,  rural.  
     
BUFFOON:  A  clown,  harlequin.  
CAPTIOUS:  Quick  to  find  fault  about  trifles,  hypercritical,  
    carping,  carviling,  censorious.  
 
BULWARK:  (1)  An  embankment  used  as  a  fortification,  
CARICATURE:  A  picture  or  other  description  of  a  person  
rampart.  2)  A  person,  idea,  or  object  serving  as  a  
which  exaggerates  ludicrously  one  or  more  of  his  
protection  
distinctive  features.  
 
 
BUMPTIOUS:  Obnoxiously  conceited  or  self-­‐assertive  ,  
CASTIGATE:  To  punish  or  criticize  severely,  reprove,  
aggressive,  arrogant,  contumelious,  overbearing.  
upbraid,  reprehend,  censure,  reprimand,  chasten.  
 
Antonyms:  commend,  eulogize,  laud.  
CABAL:  A  small  group  of  persons  engaged  in  plotting,  
junto,  faction.      
 
CELESTIAL:  Pertaining  to  the  sky;  heavenly,  ethereal;  
CACOPHONOUS:  Unharmonious  sounding,  dissonant,  
(noun)  firmament.  
discordant,  blatant,  strident,  raucous.    
   
Antonyms:  mellifluous,  euphonious,  dulcet.  
  CHAUVINIST.  An  extreme  patriot,  jingoist.  
CADAVEROUS:  Corpselike;  hence,  haggard,  pale,  ghastly,    
gaunt,  pallid  (noun:  pallor),  wan,  ashen.     CHICANERY:  Trickery,  deception,  duplicity,  craft,  
stratagem,  wile,  subterfuge.  
Antonyms:  rubicund,  florid.  
   
   
CHRONIC:  Continuing  a  long  time;  habitual,  persistent,  
CALLOUS:  Unfeeling  or  insensitive,  insensible,  obdurate.   unremitting,  inveterate,  incessant,  constant.    
    Antonyms:  intermittent,  sporadic,  infrequent.  
CALUMNIATE:  To  accuse  falsely  or  maliciously  in  order  to      
injure  another's  reputation;  slander,  asperse,  vilify,  
defame,  scandalize.   CIRCUMSPECT:  Cautious,  prudent,  vigilant,  discreet,  wary.  
  Antonyms:  rash,  indiscreet,  reckless,  precipitate,  
CANDID  (noun:  CANDOR):  Frank,  outspoken;  impartial  a   foothardy,  temerarious,  headstrong.  

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CIRCUMVENT:  To  gain  an  advantage  by  the  use  of  trick  to   COMPENDIUM  (adj.:  COMPENDIOUS):  A  brief  summary  of  
evade  by  the  use  of  deception;  to  go  around,  thwart,   the  main  ideas  of  a  larger  work,  synopsis,  digest,  precis,  
balk,  outwit,  delude.   abstract,  epitome.  

       

CIVIL:  (1)  Of  or  having  to  do  with  citizens  or  the  state  2)   COMPENSATION:  Payment  for  services,  stipend,  
Polite,  courteous,  respectful,  gracious.   remuneration,  recompense,  emolument.  

       

CLAMOROUS:  Loud  and  noisy,  vociferous,  obstreperous,   COMPLACENT:  Self-­‐satisfied,  smug.  

blatant,  raucous,  strident.  Antonyms:  muted,  quiet.  
   
   
COMPUNCTION:  Regret  for  wrongdoing,  contrition,  
CLANDESTINE:  Secret;  stealthy,  furtive,  covert,   penitence,  atonement,  remorse,  qualm.  
surreptitious.    
   
Antonyms:  overt,  manifest,  above-­‐board.  
CONCEDE:  To  yield;  to  admit  as  true;  to  grant,  acquiesce,  
    capitulate.  

CLEMENT:  Merciful;  gentle,  compassionate,  forbearing.      

Antonyms:  relentless,  ruthless.  
CONDIGN:  Well-­‐deserved  (applied  chiefly  to  punishment)  
 
-­‐  received  condign  punishment  for  his  crime.  
COALITION  (verb:  COALESCE):  Alliance;  merging  of  various  
units  into  one  unit,  amalgamation,  consolidation,  fusion.      

    CONDOLE  (noun:  CONDOLENCE):  To  express  sympathy  

with  another  in  sorrow,  pain,  or  misfortune,  
COERCION:  Compelling  a  person  by  physical  force  or  
commiserate,  show  compassion,  solace.  
other  means  to  do  something  against  his  will,  constraint,  
restraint,  impelling.      

    CONDONE:  To  forgive  or  overlook  (an  offense),  

extenuate,  palliate,  mitigate,  gloss.  
COGENT:  Having  the  force  to  compel,  usually  by  
appealing  to  reason,  persuasive.    

    CONFEDERATE  (noun):  A  person  allied  with  others  for  a  

special  purpose  (frequently  a  bad  one),  collaborator,  
COLLUSION:  Working  together  secretly  for  an  evil  
accomplice.  (adj.):  United  or  allied  in  a  conspiracy.  
purpose,  collaboration,  conspiracy,  conniving,  
 
machination.  
CONGENIAL:  ((1)  Possessing  similar  interests  and  tastes;  
 
able  to  get  on  well  with  others,  compatible.  (2)  
COMMODIOUS:  Roomy,  spacious,  capacious,  ample.  
Agreeable.  
     
CONJECTURE:  To  guess,  surmise,  presume.  
COMPATIBLE:  Harmonious;  able,  to  get  along  together  
 
parted  company  because  they  were  not  compatible,  
CONSECRATE:  ((1)  To  set  apart  as  sacred,  hallow,  sanctify.    
congruous,  consistent.    
Antonym:  desecrate.  (2)  To  devote  or  dedicate  to  some  
Antonyms:  incongruous,  discordant,  incompatible.  
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  CREDENCE:  Trust  or  belief  -­‐  gave  little  credence  to  the  
CONSENSUS.  General  agreement,  accord.   rumor.  Synonym:  conviction.    
 
Antonym:  skepticism.  
CONSTERNATION:  Amazement;  lack  of  courage  caused  by  
 
fearful  prospect,  dismay,  bewilderment.  
CREDIBLE:  Worthy  of  belief,  true  to  life.    

Synonym Set - II Antonym:  incredible.  

 
  CREDITABLE:  Deserving  or  reflecting  Credit  or  honor,  
CONSTRUE  (noun:  CONSTRUCTION):  To  interpret,  explain   praiseworthy,  meritorious,  commendable.    
the  sense  of,  or  analyze.  
Antonyms:  discreditable,  infamous,  opprobrious,  
    ignominious.  
CONSUMMATE  (adj.):  Perfect  or  highly  accomplished  -­‐  
achieved  with  consummate  skill.     CREDULOUS:  Inclined  to  believe  anything;  easily  imposed  
upon,  gullible.    
Antonyms:  botched.  bungled,  inept  (verb):  To  complete,  
bring  to  perfection.   Antonyms:    incredulous,  skeptical.  
   
CONTEMPTUOUS:  Expressive  of  contempt  (an  emotion   CRINGE:  To  shrink  in  fear  cower,  flinch,  fawn,  truckle,  
involving  anger  and  disgust),  supercilious,  scornful,   wince.  
disdainful,  contumelious.    
  CRUCIAL:  Decisive  or  critical;  difficult    
CONVIVIAL:  Festive;  gay,  jovial,  jocund,  mirthful.      
Antonyms:  lugubrious,  dolorous,  mirthless.   CRYPTIC:  Containing  hidden  meaning,  occult,  enigmatic.    
 
COPIOUS:  Plentiful,  profuse,  bountiful,  abundant.   Antonyms:    palpable,  manifest.    
Antonyms:  meager,  scant.    
  CULPABLE:  Deserving  blame  or  censure,  censurable,  
CORPULENT:  Fat,  obese,  portly.  Antonyms:  gaunt,  lank,   reprehensible.  
emaciated,  peaked.    
  CUMBROUS:  Burdensome  and  clumsy,  cumbersome,  
COSMOPOLITAN  (noun):  One  who  is  at  home  in  all   unwieldy,  bulk.    
countries,  Catholic.  Antonyms:  parochial,  provincial.    
 
COTERIE:  A  group  of  people  joined  by  common  interests  a   CURB:  To  control,  check,  or  restrain,  repress,  subdue.  
coterie  of  select  friend,  clique.    
  CURSORY:  Hurried;  hence,  superficial.  
COUNTENANCE  (noun):  A  face,  visage.  (verb):  To  approve,  
Antonyms:    painstaking,  meticulous.    
sanction.  
   
CRASS:  Coarse  and  stupid,  gross.  
CURT:  Rudely  abrupt,    blunt,  brusque,  bluff.    
 
CRAVEN  (noun):  Coward,  Poltroon.  (adj.):  Cowardly,   Antonyms:    affable,  civil.  
pusillanimous,  dastardly.      
CYNICAL:  Sneeringly  distrustful  of  the  good  motives  or  
Antonyms:  stalwart,  intrepid,  valiant,  stout-­‐hearted.  
conduct  of  others,  sarcastic,  surly.  
 
 

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DEARTH:  Scarcity  -­‐  a  dearth  of  news,  brought  about  by    
censorship.     DEPRECATE:  To  plead  or  argue  against  a  certain  course  of  
action,  remonstrate,  protest,  decry,  expostulate.    
Antonyms:    plethora,  abundance.  
  Antonym:    sanction.  
DEFERENCE:  Submitting  to  the  wishes  or  judgment  of    
another,    respect,  complaisance,  veneration.     DEPRECIATE:  To  belittle  or  speak  slightingly  of,  disparage,  
derogate  (adj.  derogatory).  
Antonym  :    recalcitrance.  
  Antonyms:    enhance,  magnify,  extol,  laud,  eulogize.  
DEITY:  A  god  -­‐The  sun  was  a  deity  to  ancient  peoples.    
Synonym:  divinity.   DEVASTATION:  Widespread  ruin,  destruction,  desolation.  
   
DELECTABLE:  Very  pleasing  -­‐  a  delectable  meal,  tastefully   DEVIOUS:  ((1)  Winding;  indirect,  circuitous.  (2)  Straying  
prepared.     from  the  right  course,  crooked,  erring.  
 
 
DEVOID:  Lacking  in;  not  possessing,  destitute.    
DELETE:  To  erase  or  cancel,  take  out  or  remove,  expunge,  
Antonyms:    abounding,  prevalent.  
censor,  efface,  eradicate.  
 
 
DEVOUT:  Devoted  to  religious  observances,  pious,  
DELINEATE:  To  sketch  or  portray.    
religious.  Antonym    impious.  
DELINQUENT  (noun):  An  offender,  (adj.):  Failing  to  fulfill  
DICTUM:  Art  authoritative  statement;  a  saying.  
an  obligation,derelict.  
 
 
DIDACTIC:  Designed  to  teach,  imparting  a  lesson,  
DELUGE:  A  great  flood;  downpour.  
pedagogical.  
 
 
DEMAGOGUE:  A  leader  who  tries  to  stir  the  passions  of  
DIFFIDENT:  Lacking  in  self-­‐confidence,  shy,  timid,  
people  for  his  own  purposes.    
reserved,  reticent,  retiring.    
 
DEMEANOR:  Behavior;  bearing,  deportment,  mien.   Antonyms:    forward,  aggressive.  
   
DEMURE:  Affectedly  or  falsely  modest  or  prim;  serious   DILEMMA:  A  situation  calling  for  a  choice  between  two  
demure  as  a  Victorian  maiden,  sedate,  staid,  decorous,   equally  difficult  alternatives;  hence,  a  difficult  or  
prudish,  coy.     perplexing  situation,  predicament,  quandary,  plight.  
 
Antonyms:    immodest,  frivolous.  
DILETTANTE:  One  who  dabbles  in  the  fine  arts  for  
 
amusement  only  and  without  concentrated  study,  
DENOUNCE  (noun:  DENUNCIATION):  To  speak  against,  
amateur,  connoisseur.  
stigmatize,  censure,  reprehend,  castigate  
 
Antonyms:    laud,  eulogize.   DISCONCERT:  To  confuse;  to  embarrass,  perturb,  
  discomfit,  discompose,  abash,  disquiet,  fluster.  
DEPLETE:  To  empty  or  to  use  up,    exhaust,  drain.    
Antonyms:    replenish;  (adj.)  replete.   DISCONSOLATE:  Depressed;  without  hope  or  possibility  of  
  consolation,  inconsolable,  dejected.    
DEPLORE:  To  express  sorrow  or  grief  over,  lament,  decry,  
Antonyms:    blithesome,  carefree.  
grieve.  
 
 
DISCOURSE:  To  converse  or  talk;  to  discuss.    
DEPRAVED:  Of  low  morals;  corrupt,  debased,  wicked,  
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DISCRETE:  Separate  -­‐  two  discrete  issues,  totally   EDICT:  A  public  command  or  proclamation  issued  by  an  
unrelated.     authority,  decree.  
   
DISCURSIVE:  Rambling  from  one  subject  to  another,     EDIFY:  To  instruct  or  uplift,  particularly  in  morals  or  
desultory,  digressive.   religion.    
   
EFFETE:  No  longer  productive;  hence,  lacking  in  or,  worn  
DISPARITY  (adj.:  DISPARATE):  Inequality;  difference  in  
out.  
image,  quantity,  character,  or  rank.  
 
 
EGOTISTIC:  Conceited,    egocentric,  vain.  Antonym:  
DISPASSIONATE:  Free  from  feeling  or  partiality,    palm,  
altruistic.  
impartial.  Antonym    partial.    
  EGREGIOUS:  Outstandingly  bad  an  egregious  mistake  with  
DISPATCH  (verb):  To  do  speedily;  to  send  off,  expedite.   serious  implications.  
(noun):  A  speedy  performance;  the  sending  off  of    
something  ,  celerity,  alacrity.   EJACULATE:  To  exclaim  or  utter  suddenly.  
   
DISPEL:  To  drive  away;  to  scatter,  dissipate,  disperse,   ELICIT:  To  draw  out,  evoke,  extract,  extort.  
diffuse.    
  ELUCIDATE:  To  make  clear;  to  explain,  clarify.  
DISSENT  (noun:  DISSENSION):  To  disagree;  to  differ  in    
opinion,  rejecting  compromise.   EMISSARY:  A  person  sent  on  an  errand  or  mission.  
DISSOLUTE:  Living  loosely;  unrestrained  in  conduct  or    
morals,  debauched,  dissipated,  profligate.  
ENGENDER:  To  cause,  produce,  or  stir  up.  
 
DISTRAUGHT:  Mentally  distressed;  distracted,  harassed.    
  ENNUI:  Boredom;  weariness  of  mind.  
DIVERSE:  (verb:  DIVERSIFY;  noun:  DIVISIBILITY):  Varied;  
different,    multifarious.    
  ENSUE:  To  follow  or  result.  
DIVERTING:  Entertaining.  
   
DIVULGE:  To  make  public  or  reveal,  disclose,  impart.   ENTREAT:  To  beg  earnestly,  solicit,  supplicate,  beseech,  
  implore,  importune;  (adj.)  importunate,  mendicant,  
DOGMATIC:  Positive  in  expressing  an  opinion;  asserting   suppliant  
an  opinion  as  though  it  were  an  undisputed  fact,    
overbearing,  opinionated,  peremptory,  dictatorial.   EPHEMERAL:  Very  short-­‐lived,  fleeting,  transitory,  
  transient,  evanescent.    
DOLOROUS:  Sorrowful;  mournful,  doleful,  lugubrious,  
grievous.     Antonym:  eternal  
 
Antonyms:    jocund,  blithe,  mirthful.   EPICUREAN  (noun):  A  person  devoted  to  luxurious  living  
  and  pleasure,  (adj.):  Pleasure-­‐loving.    
DYNAMIC:  Forceful,  energetic.  Antonyms:    static,  inert,    
dormant,  torpid,  sluggish,  quiescent.   EPIGRAM:  A  brief  pointed  saying,  maxim  proverb,  adage.  
   
ECCLESIASTIC  (adj.):  Pertaining  to  the  clergy  or  the  church   EPITAPH:  A  tombstone  inscription.  

Antonyms:    secular,  lay.  (noun):  A  clergyman.  

EPITHET:  A  phrase  that  describes  a  quality  (good  or  bad)  
 
in  a  person  or  thing,  characterization,  appellation  
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EQUANIMITY  (adj.:  EQUABLE):  Evenness  of  temper  or    
mind,  serenity,  composure,  imperturbability,  aplomb.   EXTEMPORANEOUS:  Done  or  spoken  on  the  spur  of  the  
  moment  or  without  preparation,  impromptu,  offhand.  
ERR  (noun:  ERRATUM):  To  be  mistaken  or  go,  stray,    
blunder.   EXTINCT:  No  longer  existing  or  active,  defunct.    
 
Antonym:  extant.  
ERRATIC:  Irresponsible,  eccentric;  lacking  a  fixed  purpose  
 
erratic  behavior,  reflecting  his  queer  ideas.  
EXTIRPATE:  To  root  out,  destroy  totally,  eradicate,  
ERUDITE:  Learned  -­‐  an  erudite  person,  an  editor  of  many   exterminate,  efface,  obliterate.  
books.  Synonyms:    scholarly,  knowing.    
  EXTRANEOUS.  Not  essential;  foreign;  irrelevant,  extrinsic,  
ESOTERIC:  Understood  by  only  a  select  few,  abstruse,   adventitious.    
recondite.  
  Antonyms:    germane,  intrinsic,  inherent,  relevant,  
EXCEPTIONABLE:  Objectionable,  questionable,   pertinent.  
reprehensible,  censurable.      
EXULTATION:  Great  rejoicing,  jubilation.  
Antonym:  laudable.    
  FACADE:  Front  or  face,  especially  of  a  building.  
EXCULPATE:  To  free  from  blame,  vindicate,  exonerate,    
absolve,  acquit.   FACETIOUS:  Given  to  joking  or  inappropriate  gaiety;  said  
Antonyms:    arraign,  indict,  inculpate.   in  fun,  jocose,  droll,  flippant,  frivolous.  
  Antonyms:    solemn,  grave,  saturnine.  
EXEMPLARY  (noun:  EXEMPLAR):  Serving  as  a  model;    
commendable,  illustrative,  typical;  praiseworthy,   FALLACIOUS  (noun:  FALLACY):  Unsound;  misleading;  
laudable.   deceptive.  
 
EXODUS:  Departure,  emigration.   FALLIBLE:  Liable  to  make  mistakes  or  be  deceived.    
  Antonyms:    infallible,  unerring.  
EXOTIC:  Strange  and  foreign.    
  FATHOM:  To  penetrate  and  understand.  
EXPATIATE:  To  speak  or  write  at  great  length,  dilate.    
  FATUOUS:  Foolish;  silly,  inane,  vacuous,  puerile.    
EXPATRIATE  (verb):  To  banish  or  exile;  to  withdraw  from  
one's  country,  (noun):  An  expatriated  person.   Antonyms:    judicious,  sagacious,  sage.  
   
EXPEDIENT  (adj.):  Convenient  in  helping  to  attain  some   FEALTY:  Faithfulness,  allegiance,  constancy,  fidelity.  
purpose,    opportune,  seasonable.  (noun):  A  means  to   Antonyms:    disloyalty,  infidelity,  treachery.  
accomplish  something.    
  FEASIBLE:  Workable  -­‐  a  feasible  plan,  proved  practical  by  -­‐  
EXPLOIT  (verb):  To  use  for  one's  selfish  purpose,  (noun):  A   previous  experience.    
brilliant  deed.   Antonym:  impracticable.  
   
EXPOUND  (noun:  EXPOSITION):  To  set  forth  in  detail;  to   FEIGN  (noun:  FEINT):  To  pretend,  dissemble,  sham,  
explain.   dissimulate,  affect.  
   
EXPURGATE:  To  purify  (usually  a  piece  of  writing)  of   FELICITY  (adj.:  FELICITOUS):  (1)  A  state  of  happiness,  bliss.  
offensive  material,  purge,  delete.  
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(2)  A  high  ability.   Antonym:  abet.  
   
FERVID:  Spirited;  ardent,    perfervid,  impassioned,  zealous,   FULSOME:  Disgustingly  excessive.  
fervent,  vehement.    
  GARNISH:  To  trim  or  decorate,  adorn,  deck.  
FESTOON  (noun):  A  garland  of  flowers,  leaves,  etc.  hung    
between  two  points,  (verb):  To  hang  with  festoons.   GENEALOGY:  A  record  of  a  person's  or  a  family's  
  ancestors  or  relatives,  lineage.  
FETISH:  (1)  Something  that  is  believed  to  have  magical    
powers,  charm,  talisman,  amulet.  (2)  An  object  of   GENESIS:  Origin,  inception.  
unreasoning  devotion  and  worship.    
  GESTICULATE:  To  make  gestures,  or  indicate  feelings  by.  
FIASCO:  A  ludicrous  and  complete  failure,  debacle.   motions.  
 
FICTITIOUS:  Unreal;  made-­‐up,  fabricated.    
 
FLACCID:  Lacking  firmness  -­‐  muscles  grown  flaccid  after   Synonym Set - III
the  illness.  Synonyms:  flabby,  limp.  
   
FLAGRANT:  Outstandingly  bad,  glaring,  scandalous,   GHASTLY:  Horrible,  deathlike,  gruesome,  grisly,  pallid,  
notorious,  conspicuous,  gross.   macabre,  grim,  lurid.  
   
FLAMBOYANT:  Elaborately  showy,    florid,  ornate,   GIBE  (variant  spelling:  JIBE):  To  laugh  at;  to  utter  with  
resplendent,  embellished,  garish,  gaudy,  gorgeous,   scorn,  mock,  sneer,  jeer,  scoff,  flout,  deride  (adj.:  
rococo.  Antonym:  somber.   derisive),  rail,  taunt.  
   
FLAUNT:  Display  or  wave  boastfully.   GLIB:  Smooth-­‐spoken,  fluent.  
FLEETING:  Passing  swiftly,  transitory,  fugitive.    
  GLUTTONOUS  (noun.  GLUTTON;  verb:  GLUT):  Inclined  to  
FLUCTUATE:  To  waver  from  one  course  to  another;  to   cat  to  excess,  voracious,  intemperate.  
vary  irregularly,  oscillate,  vacillate,  undulate,  sway.    
  GOSSAMER  (noun):  A  very  thin  gauzelike  fabric  or  
FORBEAR  (noun:  FORBEARANCE):  To  exercise  self  control;   structure.  (adj.):  Thin  and  light,  diaphanous,  flimsy,  
to  keep  from,  restrain,  abstain.   gauzelike  Antonyms:    substantial,  ponderous.  
   
FORENSIC:  Pertaining  to  public  discussion  or  law  courts,   GREGARIOUS:  Habitually  fond  of  associating  in  a  company  
rhetorical,  oratorical.   or  herd.    
 
Antonyms:  lone,  aloof.  
FORTUITOUS:  Accidental,  casual,  incidental,  adventitious,  
 
random.  
GRIMACE:  A  distortion  of  the  face  to  express  an  attitude  
 
or  feeling.  
FRACAS:  A  disorderly  quarrel,  brawl,  altercation,  fray,  
 
wrangle,  imbroglio.  
HAIL:  To  greet  -­‐  The  crowd  hailed  the  returning  hero,  
 
accost,  salute.  
FRUSTRATE:  To  prevent  (the  attainment  of  an  object);  to  
 
defeat  or  render  ineffectual,  balk,  thwart,  foil,  baffle,  
HARANGUE  (verb):  To  deliver  a  long.  noisy  speech,  rant,  
obstruct,  discomfit.    
declaim.  (noun):  A  loud,  tiresome  speech,  tirade.  

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  Antonyms:  defiled,  sullied,  blemished.  
HARBINGER,  A  forerunner;  ail  announcer,  precursor,    
herald.   IMMINENT:  Likely  to  occur  soon,  impending.    
   
HAUGHTY:  Proud;  looking  down  with  contempt  on  others.   IMMUNE  (verb:  IMMUNIZE):  Exempt  from;  protected  
  from,  unsusceptible.  
HEEDLESS:  Thoughtless;  taking  little  care,  inadvertent,    
rash,  incautious.     IMPALE:  To  pierce  through  with  a  pointed  instrument.  
 
Antonyms:  prudent,  circumspect,  mindful,  wary.  
IMPEACH:  (1)  To  accuse  (a  public  official)  of  wrongdoing  ,  
 
arraign.  (2)  To  cast  discredit  upon,  call  in  question,  
HEINOUS:  Wicked;  hateful,  atrocious,  outrageous,  
discredit.  
monstrous,  odious,  nefarious,  abominable.  
 
 
IMPECCABLE:  Faultless,  consummate,  irreproachable,  
HERESY:  An  opinion  held  in  opposition  to  the  traditional  
unerring,  infallible.    
view,  heterodoxy.  Antonym:  orthodoxy.  
  Antonyms:    culpable,  fallible.  
HIATUS:  A  gap  or  vacancy;  break,  breach.    
  IMPERVIOUS:  Incapable  of  being  penetrate,  
HISTRIONIC:  Pertaining  to  the  theater;  designed  for  show,   impermeable,  impenetrable.    
dramatic,  theatrical.  
Antonyms:  permeable,  pervasive.  
   
HOAX  (noun):  A  trick  or  deception;  a  practical  joke,   IMPLACABLE:  Incapable  of  being  soothed,  made  peaceful,  
canard.  (verb):  To  play  a  trick  on;  to  deceive.   or  forgiving,  unrelenting,  inexorable,  unappeasable.  
  Antonyms:  placable,  forbearing.  
HOMONYM:  Two  words  having  the  same  sound  but    
different  meanings.   IMPLICIT:  (1)  Implied  but  not  clearly  expressed.  (2)  
  Unquestioning,  tacit,  implied.    
HOVEL:  A  dirty  or  wretched  dwelling.  
Antonym:  explicit.  
 
 
HYPERBOLE:  Extravagant  exaggeration  for  effect,  
IMPORT  (noun):  Meaning;  significance  or  importance,  
overstatement.    
purport,  moment,  consequence.  
Antonym:  understatement.    
  IMPOSTOR  (noun:  IMPOSTURE):  One  who  pretends  to  be  
HYPOTHESIS:  An  assumption  made  for  the  sake  of   what  he  is  not  unmasked  as  an  impostor,  quack,  
argument,  supposition.   mountebank,  charlatan,  bogus,  fraud.  
   
IDIOSYNCRASY:  A.  personal  peculiarity,  eccentricity,   IMPRECATION:  A  curse,  execration,  malediction,  
foible,  mannerism,  crotchet,  aberration,  quirk,  singularity.   anathema.  Antonyms:    benediction,  benison.  
   
IGNOMINIOUS  (noun:  IGNOMINY):  Incurring  public   IMPREGNABLE:  Unconquerable,  invincible.  
disgrace,  infamous,  degrading,  opprobrious,  odious.    
Antonym:  vulnerable.  
Antonyms:  illustrious,  renowned,  preeminent.    
  IMPROPRIETY:  Improper  act,  manners,  or  expression,    
IMMACULATE:  Spotless;  pure,    undefiled,  unsullied,   indecency,  indecorum.    
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Antonym:  amenity.    
  INHIBIT:  To  check  or  hinder,  restrain,  curb.    
IMPROVIDENT:  Lacking  in  thrift;  not  providing  for  future  
Antonym:  promote.  
needs,  prodigal,  shiftless.    
 
 
INNOCUOUS:  Harmless;  inoffensive.  
IMPUGN:  To  attack  or  criticize  as  false;  to  call  in  question  
 
-­‐  impugned  his  honesty.  
INNUENDO:  An  indirect  reference  or  suggestion  
 
(frequently  derogatory),  (verb)  intimate,  insinuate.  
INCARCERATE:  To  imprison,  intern,  immure.  Antonyms:  
 
emancipate,  enfranchise.  
INORDINATE:  Excessive,  immoderate,  intemperate,  
 
extravagant.  
INCISIVE:  Cutting,  penetrating,  sarcastic,  mordant,  
 
trenchant,  acute.  
INSATIABLE:  Unable  to  be  satisfied,unappeasable,  
 
unquenchable,  insatiate.    
INCOGNITO.  With  one's  identity.  
 
 
INSCRUTABLE:  Incapable  of  interpretation  or  
INCONTROVERTIBLE:  Indisputable,  irrefutable,  
understanding,  unfathomable,  cryptic,  enigmatic.  
indubitable.  
 
 
INSIDIOUS:  Working  secretly  or  slyly,  wily,  crafty,  furtive,  
INCREMENT:  An  increase,  accrual.  
treacherous,  artful,  guileful  perfidious.  
 
 
INCUMBENT  (noun):  An  officeholder.  (adj.):  Obligatory,  
INSTIGATE:  To  stir  tip,  foment,  incite.  
mandatory,  imperative.  
 
 
INTEGRITY:  Honesty,  moral  soundness,  probity,  
INDEFATIGABLE:  Untiring,  unflagging,  unremitting,  
uprightness,  incorruptibility.  
persevering.    
 
 
INVEIGH  (noun-­‐.  INVECTIVE):  To  speak  angrily  or  bitterly,  
INDIGENOUS:  Native,  innate,  inborn.  
rail,  denounce,  fulminate,  vituperate.  
 
 
INDOOMITABLE:  Stubborn  in  determination  not  to  be  
IRASCIBLE:  Easily  angered,  choleric,  petulant,  testy,  
subdued,  insuperable,  irrepressible,  invincible,  unyielding.  
peevish,  splenetic,  touchy.    
Antonyms:  tractable,  amenable,  docile,  submissive.  
  Antonyms:  placid,  equable.  
INFERENCE:  A  conclusion  reached  by  reasoning  from  data    
or  premises,  deduction,  implication.   IRE:  Anger,  resentment;  (adj.)  irate,  incensed.  
   
INGENIOUS:  Demonstrating  originality,  skill,  or   IRKSOME:  Tedious,  monotonous.  
resourcefulness,  dextrous,  inventive,  adroit.      
ITINERANT:  Traveling  about;  wandering,  nomadic.  
Antonyms:  maladroit,  gauche.  
 
 
JARGON:  Confused,  unintelligible,  meaningless  talk;  
INGENUOUS:  Simple  and  straightforward;  concealing  
special  vocabulary  used  only  by  members  of  a  group  or  
nothing,  unsophisticated,  naive,  candid.    
trade,  gibberish,  argot,  cant.  
Antonym:  sophisticated.    
  JAUNTY:  Having  an  air  of  easy  carelessness  or  liveliness,  
INGRATIATE:  To  win  another's  favor  or  good  opinion  tried   sprightly,  airy,  gay,  nonchalant,  debonair.    
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Antonyms:  somber,  staid.   LUDICROUS:  Ridiculous;  producing  laughter,  mirthful,  
  droll,  comical,  absurd.    
JEOPARDY:  Danger,  hazard,  peril.  
Antonyms:    doleful,  lugubrious,  dismal.  
 
 
JETTISON:  To  throw  overboard  (as  cargo);  to  throw  off  (as  
LUMINARY:  An  eminent  person;  a  celestial  body.  
a  burden  or  something  in  the  way  )-­‐  jettisoned  their  old  
 
candidate  as  a  political  liability.  
MACHIAVELLIAN:  Sacrificing  moral  principles  in  order  to  
 
attain  power;  politically  cunning;  crafty,  unscrupulous.  
JUDICIOUS:  Wise;  using  or  exhibiting  good  judgment,  
 
discreet,  politic,  discerning.  
MALICIOUS  (noun:  MALICE):  Bearing,  or  acting  with,  
 
deliberate  ill-­‐will  or  spite,  rancorous,  malignant,  
KALEIDOSCOPIC:  Constantly  changing  or  varying  in  
malevolent,  virulent,  vindictive.    
pattern  or  scenes.  
  Antonym:  benign.  
KEN:  Range  of  sight  or  understanding,  insight.    
  MASQUERADE  (verb):  To  assume  a  deceptive  appearance  
LABYRINTH  (adj.:  LABYRINTHINE):  A  structure  or  intricate   or  character,  dissemble,  feign.  (noun):  A  disguise;  a  group  
passage  out  of  which  it  is  difficult  to  find  one's  way  (also   of  people  in  disguise  or  fancy  costumes.  
applied  to  spiritual  and  intellectual  complexities),  maze.    
  MAUDLIN:  Sentimental  to  the  point  of  tears,  mawkish,  
LACHRYMOSE:  Causing  or  given  to  shedding  tears.   lachrymose.  
   
LACONIC:  Saying  much  in  few  words,  concise,  pithy,  terse,   MEANDER:  To  walk  about  (or  talk)  aimlessly;  to  wind  
succinct,  taciturn,  reticent.     about  (as  a  stream),  ramble.  
 
Antonyms:  verbose,  prolix,  redundant,  diffuse,  
MEDIOCRE:  Average  in  quality,  a  mediocre  performance,  
tautological,  turgid,  garrulous,  voluble.  
unworthy  of  his  talents.  
 
 
LARCENY:  Theft.  
MERCENARY:  Acting  solely  from  a  consideration  of  
 
reward  or  profit,  venal.  
LATENT:  Hidden;  present  but  not  fully  developed,  
 
dormant,  quiescent,  covert,  potential.    
MERETRICIOUS:  Attracting  in  a  false,  cheap,  or  showy  
Antonyms:  apparent,  patent.   manner,  tawdry,  specious.  
   
LAVISH:  (1)  Profuse  or  generous,  ample,  superabundant.   METICULOUS:  Fussy  about  minute  details,  fastidious,  
(2)  Given  to  extravagance,  prodigal,  munificent,   punctilious,  overscrupulous,  finical,  methodical.    
magnanimous.  Antonyms:  parsimonious,  niggardly,  frugal,  
Antonyms:  desultory,  perfunctory,  slovenly.  
penurious.  
LETHAL:  Deadly  -­‐  a  lethal  weapon,  mortal,  fatal.   METTLE  (adj.:  METTLESOME:  high-­‐spirited  ):  Disposition;  
  spirit;  courage,    Idiom:  to  be  on  one's  mettle  (meaning,  
LONGEVITY:  Prolonged  duration  of  life.   “ready  to  do  one's  best”),  temperament,  ardor.  
   
LOW:  To  bellow  softly  like  cattle,  moo.   MICROCOSM:  A  little  world,  or  a  universe  in  miniature  
  this  village,  a  microcosm  of  the  great  outside  world.    
LUCID:  Clear;  transparent;  easily  understood,  pellucid,  
Antonym  macrocosm  (world  on  a  large  scale).  
perspicuous,  intelligible,  limpid,  luminous,  translucent.  
 
Antonyms:    abstruse,  obscure.  
MIMIC:  To  make  fun  of  or  copy  by  imitating.  
 

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  NOISOME:  Foul-­‐smelling;  harmful,  malodorous,  fetid,  
MISANTHROPIC  (noun:  MISANTHROPE):  Hating  or   disgusting;  noxious,  deleterious.    
distrusting  mankind,  philanthropic,  altruistic.  
Antonym:  salubrious.  
 
 
MISNOMER:  A  name  or  term  that  describes  wrongly.  
NONCHALANT:  Unmoved  or  indifferent;  casual,  apathetic.  
 
Antonyms:    enthusiastic,  zealous.  
MONOLOGUE:  A  speech  by  one  person,  soliloquy.  
 
Antonyms:  colloquy  (adj.  colloquial):  conversation  
NOSTALGIA:  Homesickness.  
between  two  or  more  persons;  dialogue:  conversation  
 
between  two  persons.  
NOTRIOUS:  Widely  known  (in  a  bad  sense).  
 
 
MOROSE:  Gloomy;  ill-­‐humored,  sulky,  crabbed,  sullen,  
NOVICE:  A  beginner,  tyro,  neophyte.  Antonym:  virtuoso.  
splenetic,  saturnine.    
 
Antonyms:    blithe,  genial.   OBDURATE:  Hard-­‐hearted;  stubborn,  adamant,  
  unyielding,  inflexible.    
MOTLEY:  Of  various  colors;  of  mixed  ingredients,  
Antonyms:  submissive,  docile,  compliant.  
checkered  (referring  to  a  varied  career),  piebald,  
 
variegated,  diverse,  heterogeneous.    
OBLIVIOUS  (noun:  OBLIVION):  Forgetful;  absent-­‐minded  ,  
Antonym:  homogeneous.   unmindful,  heedless,  abstracted.    
   
MOTTLED:  Spotted  or  streaked  with  varied  colors,   OBSESSION:  A  persistent  feeling,  idea,  activity,  etc.,  which  
blotched,  dappled.   dominates  a  person;  the  state  of  being  exclusively  
  preoccupied  by  a  fixed  idea,  mania,  infatuation  (a  foolish  
MUNDANE:  Of,  or  pertaining  to,  the  world,  as  contrasted   passion),  monomania.  
with  the  spirit,  earthly,  terrestrial,  secular,  temporal.    
  OBSOLETE:  No  longer  in  use,  archaic,  antiquated.  
MURKY:  Dark;  cloudy,  dismal,  tenebrous,  fuliginous.    
Antonyms:  resplendent,  glowing,  lustrous,  luminous,   OBTRUSIVE  (verb:  OBTRUDE):  Thrusting  oneself  or  itself  
fulgent,  coruscating.   into  undue  prominence,  intrusive,  aggressive.  
   
MUTABLE:  Given  to  frequent  change  in  nature,  mood,  or   OBVIATE:  To  prevent,  dispose  of,  or  make  unnecessary  by  
form,  vacillating,  fickle,  inconstant,  fitful,  mercurial,   appropriate  actions,  preclude,  forestall.  
wavering,  capricious.      
OMNIPOTENT:  All-­‐powerful  -­‐  an  omnipotent  despot.  
Antonyms:  constant,  steady.  
 
 
ONUS:  Burden;  duty;  obligation.  
MYRIAD:  Innumerable.  
 
 
OSTENSIBLE:  Apparent;  pretended,  professed,  plausible  
NAUTICAL:  Pertaining  to  ships  or  navigation,  marine,  
(that  is,  appearing  true,  reasonable,  or  fair),  specious.  
naval,  maritime.  
 
 
OSTRACIZE:  To  banish;  to  exclude  from  public  favor  or  
NETTLE:  To  irritate  or  provoke,  vex,  pique,  goad.  
privileges,  outlaw.  
 
 
NOCTURNAL:  Pertaining  to,  or  occurring  in,  the  night.    
PANACEA:  A  remedy  for  all  ills,  nostrum.  
Antonym:  diurnal.    
  PANEGYRIC:  A  speech  or  writing  of  extravagant  praise,  

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eulogy,  adulation,  tribute,  laudation  (adj.  laudatory),    
encomium.     PLATITUDE:  A  dull  and  commonplace  remark,  bromide,  
truism,  axiom.  
Antonyms:  censure,  disparagement,  derogation,  
 
castigation,  depreciation.  
PLEBEIAN:  Pertaining  to  the  common  people;  hence,  
 
common  or  vulgar,  patrician,  aristocratic.  
PARADOX:  A  self  -­‐contradictory  statement;  something  
 
'that  appears  to  be  absurd  and  yet  may  be  true,  anomaly.  
PLEBISCITE.  A  direct  vote  by  the  people.  
 
 
PARAPHRASE:  To  restate  the  meaning  of  a  passage  in  
POIGNANT:  (1)  Gripping  and  moving  the  feelings  
other  words.    
powerfully  -­‐  a  poignant  grief.  (2)  Piercing,  biting,  pointed  -­‐  
 
a  poignant  cry;  poignant  wit.  
PARODY  (noun):  A  humorous  imitation  of  an  author's  
 
style  and  mannerisms,  burlesque.  (verb):  To  write  a  
PONDEROUS:  Very  heavy;  clumsy;  dull  -­‐  a  ponderous  
parody,  Mimic.  
speech,  extremely  boring.  
 
PRECARIOUS:  Uncertain  or  risky  -­‐  earning  a  precarious  
PECCADILLO:  A  petty  fault,  frailty,  foible,  flaw,  blemish.  
livelihood,  providing  no  luxuries.  
 
 
PECUNIARY:  Pertaining  to  money,  financial,  fiscal,  
PRECIPITOUS:  (1)  Very  steep  -­‐  a  precipitous  cliff.  (2)  
monetary.  
Descending  rapidly.  
 
Synonym Set - IV PRELUDE:  An  introduction,  forerunner,  or  preliminary  
  step,  preface,  prologue,  preamble.    
PEDANT  (adj.:  PEDANTIC):  One  who  proudly  shows  off  his   Antonym:  epilogue.  
learning  or  who  overrates  his  knowledge.    
  PREROGATIVE:  A  privilege  or  power  attaching  to  a  
PENSIVE:  Sadly  thoughtful,  reflective,  meditative,   position,  license.  
contemplative,  musing.    
  PRESTIGE:  Esteem  or  influence  accorded  for  recognized  
PEREMPTORY:  Positive  in  expressing  an  opinion,  decisive,   achievements  or  reputation,  distinction.  
resolute,  imperious,  positive,  dogmatic.      
Antonyms:  indecisive,  tentative.   PRESUMPTION:  (1)  Something  taken  for  granted  -­‐  acted  
  on  a  reasonable  presumption.  (2)  Going  beyond  proper  
PERTINACIOUS:  Clinging  doggedly  to  an  opinion  or   bounds;  impudent  boldness,  effrontery,  forwardness,  
purpose,  obdurate,  tenacious,  persistent,  persevering,   arrogance.  
intractable,  inflexible.    
  PREVARICATE:  To  disguise  or  conceal  the  truth  to  lie,  
PERUSE:  To  read  carefully.   quibble,  equivocate;  (adj.)  mendacious.    
  Antonyms:    (noun)  veracity,  verity;  (adj.)  forthright.  
PERVERSE:  Willfully  bent  on  doing  the  wrong  thing,  
headstrong,  forward,  refractory,  wayward,  fractious.   PROCRASTINATE:  To  postpone  or  put  off  to  another  time,  
PETRIFY:  To  paralyze  with  horror,  fear,  or  surprise,   defer,  delay.  
stupefy,  stun,  bewilder,  amaze.    
  PROGNOSTICATE  (noun:  PROGNOSIS):  To  forecast,  
PLAGIARISM.  Adopting  and  reproducing,  without   presage,  portend,  augur,  forebode.  
acknowledgment,  the  writings  or  ideas  of  another  and    
passing  them  off  as  one's  own.   PROLETARIAT:  The  wage-­‐earning  class.  

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PROMONTORY:  A  cliff,  headland,  precipice.   REDOLENT:  (1)  Fragrant,  aromatic.  (2)  Reminiscent  of.  
   
PROMULGATE:  To  publish  or  proclaim;  to  spread  abroad,   REDOUBTABLE:  Commanding  fear  or  respect,  formidable.  
disseminate.    
 
REFUTE:  To  prove  incorrect  or  false,  rebut,  confute.    
PROTUBERANT:  Bulging  or  swelling  out  -­‐  a  protuberant  
jaw.  Antonyms:  receding,  recessive.   Antonyms:  substantiate,  confirm,  corroborate.  
   
PROVISIONAL:  Temporary;  for  the  time  being,  tentative.   REITERATE:  Repeat  (several  times).  
 
PROXIMITY:  Nearness,  propinquity,  vicinity.     REMUNERATIVE:  Profitable,  lucrative,  gainful.  
Antonym  :  remoteness.    
RENEGADE:  One  who  forsakes  political  or  party  principles  
 
or  his  religious  faith,  turncoat,  apostate,  recreant,  traitor.  
PSEUDONYM:  A  false  name  assumed  by  a  writer,  alias,  
 
pen  name,  nom  de  plume.  
REPRISAL:  Injury  inflicted  in  turn  for  one  received,  
 
retaliation.  
PUNITIVE:  Inflicting,  or  concerned  with,  punishment.    
  RESENTMENT:  Feeling  of  displeasure  or  indignation  
QUASH:  To  crush;  to  render  void,  suppress,  extinguish,   resulting  from  mistreatment  or  abuse,  umbrage,  
quell;  annul.   dudgeon,  animosity.  
   
QUERULOUS:  Given  to  fault-­‐finding  and  complaining  ,   RESILIENT:  Elastic;  light-­‐hearted;  possessing  power  of  
fretful,  whining,  captious,  carping,  peevish,  petulant.   recovery,  flexible,  pliable,  supple,  limber.  
Antonym:  affable.    
  RESPITE:  (1)  Temporary  deferment  or  cessation  of  work  
QUIXOTIC:  Extravagantly  romantic  or  idealistic;  highly   or  pain,  surcease.  (2)  A  temporary  delay  in  the  execution  
impractical,  utopian,  visionary,  fantastic.   of  -­‐a  sentence,  reprieve.  
   
RETRIBUTION:  The  reward  or  punishment  exacted  for  an  
RACONTEUR:  A  skilled  storyteller.  
injury,  wickedness,  or  other  action,  requital,  nemesis.  
 
 
RADICAL  (noun):  One  who  advocates  extreme  basic  
RETRIEVE:  (1)  To  make  good.  (2)  To  recover.  (3)  To  
changes.  (adj.):  Thorough,  extreme.     restore.  
Antonym  (noun  and  adj.):  conservative.    
  REVERBERATE:  To  echo,  resound.  
RAMIFICATION:  A  branching;  sub-­‐division.  
 
RUDIMENTARY:  In  an  early  stage  of  development,  
 
incipient.  
RAZE:  To  tear  down  completely,  level.    
RUE  (adj.:  RUEFUL):  To  be  sorry  for,  regret,  repent.  
Antonym:  rear.  
 
  SACROSANCT:  Very  holy,  consecrated,  inviolable,  
RECAPITULATE:  To  restate  in  a  brief,  concise  form;  to  sum   hallowed.  
up.    
  SAGACIOUS  (noun:  SAGACITY):  Wise;  shrewd,  
RECIPROCAL:  Mutual;  done  in  return  for  something   perspicacious,  astute,  sapient,  discerning,  sage.  
received.  
 
 
RECUMBENT:  Lying  down;  leaning  back  or  down.   SALLOW:  Sick,  pallid.    

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Antonyms:  rubicund,  ruddy,  florid.   SPORADIC:  Occurring  singly,  at  irregular  intervals;  
  scattered.  
SALLY:  (verb):  To  rush  forth  suddenly.  (noun):  A  Witty    
remark,  quip,  banter.   SPURN:  To  refuse  or  reject  with  contempt,  repel,  snub.  
   
SANCTIMONIOUS:  Pretending  to  be  religious.   STOIC:  Indifferent,  calm  in  bearing  pain  or  pleasure;  
SANGUINARY:  Bloody,  gory.  
practising  remarkable  self-­‐control  over  emotions,  stolid,  
 
impassive.  
SANGUINE:  Of  a  hopeful  disposition;  blood-­‐red  in  color,  
 
buoyant,  ardent.  
STRINGENT:  Strict;  compelling,  constraining  stringent  
 
SARTORIAL:  Pertaining  to  a  tailor  or  clothes.   regulations;  stringent  requirements,  exacting,  rigid.  
  Antonym:  lax.  
SATELLITE:  (1)  An  attentive  or  flattering  follower,  lackey,    
toady,  disciple,  adherent;  adj.,  fawning,  obsequious,   STUPENDOUS:  Amazing  by,  virtue  of  its  immense  size,  
partisan.  (2)  A  country  influenced  or  controlled  by   force,  or  any  quality  in  exceptional  degree,  astounding,  
another.  (3)  A  body  (natural  or  artificial)  which  revolves   prodigious,  monstrous,  marvelous,  colossal,  awful.  
around  a  larger  body,  generally  a  planet.    
  SUCCULENT:  juicy.    
SCINTILLA:  A  trace;  a  particle,  iota;  vestige.  
  Antonyms:  desiccated,  vapid.  
SCOURGE  (verb):  To  punish  severely;  to  afflict;  to  whip,    
excoriate,  flay.  (noun).  A  whip  or  other  means  of   SULTRY:  Close,  hot,  and  moist  -­‐  sultry  tropical  weather.  
punishment;  a  cause  of  affliction,  tribulation.    
  SUPINE:  (1)  Lying  flat  on  the  back.    
SCRUTINIZE:  To  examine  carefully.  
Antonym:  erect.    
 
SHIBBOLETH:  A  party  slogan.   (2)  Inert,  inactive,  averse  to  taking  action,  listless,  torpid.  
   
SIMPER  (verb):  To  smile  in  a  silly  or  affected  way  
TANGIBLE:  Real;  actual,  material,  veritable,  perceptible,  
simpered  as  he  greeted  each  guest.  (noun):  An  affected  
substantial.  
or  silly  smile,    (verb  and  noun)  smirk.  
 
 
TANTAMOUNT:  Equivalent.  
SINECURE:  Employment  entailing  little  or  no  responsibility  
or  labor.    
  TAUNT  (verb).  To  reproach  with  contempt,  mock,  twit,  
SINISTER:  Threatening  or  showing  evil;  dishonest.   gibe,  sneer,  deride.  (noun):  An  insulting,  jeering,  or  bitter  
SLEAZY:  Flimsy  and  cheap,  unsubstantial.   remark.  
   
SLOVENLY:  Untidy,  slipshod,  slatternly,  frowzy.   TEEMING:  In  abundance,  fertile,  highly  productive,  
  swarming,  fruitful,  fecund,  abounding.  
 
SOPORIFIC:  Tending  to  induce  sleep.  
TEMERITY:  Unwise  or  reckless  boldness,  audacity,  
  presumptuousness,  effrontery,  rashness;  (adj.)  
temerarious,  foolhardy,  venturesome.    
SORDID:  Mean  and  base;  filthy,  degraded,  vile,  ignoble.  
  Antonyms:  prudence,  circumspection,  wariness.  
SOVEREIGN:  Supreme  m  power  and  authority;    
independent  of  the  control  of  any  other  government,   TEMPORAL:  Worldly,  as  opposed  to  spiritual;  existing  for  
autonomous,  imperial,  majestic,  paramount.   a  time  only,  mundane,  secular,  civil.  
   

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TEMPORIZE:  To  delay  or  refuse  to  commit  oneself  in   Antonym:  hibernal  (wintry).  
order  to  gain  time,  equivocate.    
  VERSATILE:  Able  to  do  many  things  skillfully.  
TENET:  A  principle  of  belief  held  as  true,  creed,  doctrine,  
dogma.   VICARIOUS:  Taking  the  place  of  another;  felt,  received,  or  
  done  in  place  of  another.  
TENUOUS:  Slender;  not  substantial;  of  slight  importance.    
  VICISSITUDE:  A  change  from  one  condition  to  another,  
TRANQUIL:  Calm;  peaceful,  placid,  serene.     often  unexpected.  
 
Antonyms:  perturbed,  ruffled,  turbulent.   VIRAGO:  A  scolding  or  ill-­‐tempered  woman,  shrew,  
  termagant,  vixen.  
TRANSGRESS:  To  break  a  law  or  command;  to  violate  a    
moral  principle;  to  overstep  a  moral  bound  or  limit.   VITUPERATE  (noun:  VITUPERATION;  adj.:  VITUPERATIVE):  
  To  scold  or  blame  loudly,  find  fault  with  in  abusive  
TREMULOUS:  Trembling,  quivering.   language,  berate,  revile.  
   
TRIVIAL:  Of  little  -­‐  importance.     WAIVE:  To  give  up  (privileges,  etc.);  to  do  without  -­‐  
Antonyms:  gross,  momentous.   waived  his  rights  to  the  property.  Synonyms:  relinquish,  
  forgo,  forsake.  
TRUCULENT  (noun:  TRUCULENCE):  Cruel,  fierce;  harsh;    
threatening  or  intimidating  savagely.   WHIM  (adj.:  WHIMSICAL):  A  sudden  notion  or  passing  
  fancy,    caprice,  vagary,  crotchet.  
TURGID:  (1)  Swollen,  inflated,  bloated,  distended.  (2)    
Using  big  or  high-­‐sounding  words  pompous,  bombastic,   WRITHE:  To  twist  about  (usually  with  pain),  contort,  
prolix.   squirm.  
   
UBIQUITOUS:  Existing  everywhere,  omnipresent,   ZEALOUS  (noun:  ZEALOT:  fanatic):  Full  of  enthusiasm  or  
universal.   eagerness.    
  Antonym:  perfunctory.  
UNTENABLE:  Incapable  of  being  defended  or  held.    
  ZENITH:  The  highest  point,  acme,  apex,  culmination,  
UTILITARIAN  (adj.):  Materially  or  practically  useful.   summit.    
  Antonym:  nadir.  
VANQUISH:  To  subdue  or  conquer.    
   
VAUNT:  To  boast,  brag  (noun:  braggadocio,  braggart),  
proclaim.  
 
VENEER:  A  superficial  appearance  or  show  designed  to  
impress  one  with  superiority,  gloss.  
 
VENERABLE:  Deserving  respect  or  reverence  because  of  
age.  
 
VERNAL:  Pertaining  to  spring.    

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