| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abstemious | sparing, as in eating and drinking (opposites: gluttonous) |
| advocacy | support of an idea or cause (opposites: opposition) |
| auspicious | favorable; propitious (opposite): ill-omened) |
| austere | strict; stern; severe (opposites: indulgent) |
| baseness | quality of lacking higher values; vileness; servility; unworthiness |
| bestow | to grant or give (opposites: deprive) |
| blasphemous | irreverent; profane (opposites: sacred) |
| celestial | pertaining to the sky or heavens (opposites: earthly) |
| cherubic | innocent; angelic; wholesome (opposites: fiendish) |
| contentious | quarrelsome; stirring controversy; bellicose; belligerent; pugnacious (opposites: congenial; harmonious) |
| credulous | believing on slight evidence; gullible (opposites: suspicious) |
| desolate | deserted; without inhabitants; barren (opposites: popular) |
| diligent | characterized by steady, attentive and energetic effort in a pursuit or study; industrious; assiduous; sedulous |
| disdain | intense dislike; to be arrogant, haughty, insolent, lordly (opposites: favor; admiration; to love) |
| divination | foretelling the future by means of magic |
| endow | to provide with income or property; to supply with a talent or quality |
| enmity | absolute hatred; animosity; animus; antagonism; antipathy; hostility; rancor (opposites: love; admiration) |
| expeditious | done with speed and efficiency (opposites: sluggish) |
| firebrand | person who stirs up trouble (opposites: peacemarker) |
| harmonious | showing accord; melodious (opposites: discordant) |
| heed | to give attention to (opposites: pay no attention to) |
| homage | revential regard; respect shown by external action; honor; reverence; deference; obeisance (opposites: disrespect) |
| ignoble | of lowly origin; without honor; abject; mean; sordid (opposites: noble; grand; lofty) |
| impertinent | insolently rude: intrusive; meddlesome; obstrusive; officious (opposites: respectful) |
| indulgent | lenient, especially towards oneself (opposites: harsh; strict) |
| industrious | skillfully busy or occupied: assiduous; diligent (opposites: slothful) |
| insolence | insulting or comtemptuous behavior; haughtiness |
| inveterate | firmly est.; habitual; deep-rooted (opposites: readily changeable) |
| knotty | so complicated that it cannot be solved; abstruse; complex (opposites: uncomplicated) |
| loathe | to detest; abhor; abominate (opposites: to adore) |
| malign | to utter injuriously misleading reports about; traduce; asperse (opposites: to extol) |
| mettle | courage or spirit; tenacity (opposites: lack of courage) |
| mutinous | rebellious (opposites: agreeable) |
| odious | deserving hate or contempt (opposites: respectable) |
| paragon | model of excellence or perfection |
| penitent | repentant (opposites: unrepentant) |
| perdition | utter ruin (opposites: salvation) |
| perfidious | deceitful (opposites: honest) |
| potent | powerful (opposites: ineffectual) |
| prescient | foresight (opposites: unaware) |
| promontory | land or rock projecting into the water |
| quaint | unusual in character or appearance |
| reputable | good reputation |
| requite | to return |
| slothful | lazy |
| sovereign | possessed of controlling power |
| subtle | elusive |
| summon | to call for |
| supplant | to replace |
| supple | elastic; resilient; easily bent |
| surfeited | fed or supplied access |
| temperate | exercising self-control |
| tempestuous | turbulent |
| trifling | frivolous |
| unmitigated | not made less severe |
| upbraid | to reproach |
| vexation | discomfort or distress |
| virtuous | righteous |
| vouchsafe | to grant in a condescending manner |
| wanton | immoral; lewd |
| warranted | justified |
| zenith | highest peak |
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