| Term | Definition |
|---|
| prodigious | SYN: enormous, vast, huge ANT: small, little, tiny |
| pretentious | SYN: pompous, ostentatious, showy ANT: humble, modest, unconceited |
| inane | SYN: silly, meaningless, insipid, foolish ANT: bright, intelligent, smart |
| hypocrite | SYN: one who is insincere or deceitful ANT: one who is sincere and not deceitful |
| hyperbole | SYN: obvious exaggeration ANT: understatement |
| expunge | SYN: to remove, to erase, to obliterate ANT: construct, build, create |
| euphemism | SYN: substitution of a less offensive term for an offensive one ANT: conciseness, directness, terseness |
| estrange | SYN: to alienate, to separate ANT: to engage, marry unite |
| erudite | SYN: scholarly, learned, knowledgeable ANT: common, ignorant, uneducated |
| duplicity | SYN: double-dealing, hypocrisy ANT: forthrightness, honesty, trustworthiness |
| elucidate | SYN: to make clear, explain ANT: confuse, distract, obscure |
| distend | SYN: to expand, to swell, to enlarge, to dilate ANT: contract, deflate, shrink |
| dissuade | SYN: to advise against, to talk out of ANT: to persuade |
| dissuade | SYN: to advise against, to talk out of ANT: to persuade |
| disseminate | SYN: diffuse, propagate, radiate ANT: to consolidate |
| accolade | SYN: approval, award ANT: censure |
| diffidence | SYN: hesitation, insecurity, reluctance ANT: confidence |
| dearth | SYN: absence, lack, shortage ANT: adequate supply |
| defamation | SYN: vilification, lie, slander ANT: adulation |
| deplete | SYN: decrease, empty, reduce ANT: to restore |
| crass | SYN: boorish, rude, vulgar ANT: refined, sophisticated |
| angular | SYN: lanky, lean, skinny ANT: rotund |
| altruistic | SYN: benevolent, generous ANT: belligerent |
| audacity | SYN: impudence, insolence, spunk ANT: meekness |
| augment | SYN: develop, enhance, magnify ANT: to diminish |
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