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auxiliary (adj) giving assistance or support;(n) a helper, aid S: additional, back up, reserve, accessory A: main, primary, principal candid (adj) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed S: forthright, plainspoken, unbiased A: insincere, evasive, misleading, artful cubicle (n) a small room or compartment S: enclosure, hole-in-the-wall A: vast hall, auditorioum drudgery (n) work that is hard and tiresome S: toil, labor, grind A: play, frolic, amusement, recreation, fun envoy (n) a represntative or messenger (as of government) S: agent, ambassador, emissary, minister escalate (v) to elevate; to increase in intensity S: climb, raise, ascend, mount A: decrease, lessen, descend, defuse expedient (n) a means to an end; (adj) advantageous, useful S: contrivance, device, serviceable A: inconvenient, untimely, disadvantageous feign (v) to pretend S: fake, sham, affect, simulate flair (n) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style S: aptitude, bent, knack, gift, style, panache A: inability, incapacity grievous (adj) causing sorrow or pain; serious S: painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant A: joyful, uplifting, cheery, upbeat, comforting heterogeneous (adj) composed of different kinds, diverse S: miscellaneous, mixed, variegated A: uniform, homogeneous, of a piece horde (n) a vast number (as of people); a throng S: crowd, mass, multitude, host, swarm A: few, handful impel (v) to force, drive forward S: urge, push, spur, propel, incite A: discourage, check, restrain, curb incredulous (adj) disbelieve, skeptical S: imprint, enroll, enlist A: erase, rub out, delete, efface, obliterate inscribe (v) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list S: dubious, mistrustful, doubting A: believing, trustful, gullible monologue (n) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person S: soliloquy, recitation A: dialogue, conversation, colloquy prognosis (n) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation S: scratchy, scraping, abrasive, gravelly A: sonorous, smooth, satiny, silky, mellow rasping (adj) with a harsh, grating sound; (n) a harsh sound S: prediction, projection repugnant (adj) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful S: hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive A: pleasing, attractive, tempting, wholesome scuttle (v) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; (n) a pail S: abandon, discard, scrap, ditch, dump A: keep afloat, salvage, rescue, preserve