Building an Enriched Vocabulary Chapter 5 Synonyms and Antonyms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 astute-synonym | shrewd, perceptive, sharp, acute, sagacious, judicious, far sighted, perspicacious, quick witted, clever, wily, cagey, perceptiveness, discernment, acumen, sagacity |
| asute-antonym | obtuse, unperceptive, undiscerning, empty headed, stupid, foolish, doltish, vacuous, inane |
| asylum-synonym | sanctuary, refuge, haven |
| atone-synonym | expiate, redeem, offset, penance, expiation, compensation, reparation, restitution, redress |
| atrocity-synonym | enormity, outrage, barbarous,barbaric, sadistic, grisly, gruesome, ghastly, heinous, outrageous, horrible, dreadful, abominable |
| atrocity-antonyms | kindness, good deed, act of charity, clement, benevolent, kindhearted, merciful, humane, impeccable, flawless, irreproachable, unimpeachable |
| atrophy-synonym | deterioration, degeneration, decay, shrivel, wither, shrink, rot, stunt |
| atrophy-antonym | growth, development, maturation, flourish, prosper |
| attrition-synonym | abrasion, erosion, exhaustion, enervation, reduction, diminution |
| attrition-antonym | increase, augmentation, expansion, enlargement |
| augment-synonym | increase, enlarge, expand, extend, magnify |
| augment-antonym | decrease, lessen, reduce, curtail, diminish, contract, shrink, shrivel, abate, slacken, dwindle |
| augur-synonym | soothsayer, diviner, prophet, seer, prognosticate, portend, forebode, presage, bode, foreshadow |
| austere-synonym | stern, strict, strait laced, abstemious, sober, peritanical, ascetic, solemn, harsh, forbidding, somber, gloomy, plain, unadorned, undecorated |
| austere-antonym | gentle, mild, kinldy, affable, tolerant, self-indulgent, elaborate, involved, orotund, florid, gaudy, flamboyant |
| authentic-synonym | real, true, actual, veritable, bona fide, legitimate, kosher, indisputable, undubitable |
| authentic-antonym | counterfeit, fraudulent, fake, forged, spurious, phony, bogus, apocryphal, dubious, untrustworthy, fishy |
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