Knopik Vocab Book Section 3 Synonyms/Antonyms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ancillary | S: auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory A: central, key, primary, principal, main |
| bowdlerize | S: censor, purge, expurgate |
| condescend | S: deign |
| cozen | S: dupe, deceive beguile, inveigle |
| enclave | S: island, subgroup |
| forte | S: gift, aptitude, specialty A: weakness, shortcoming, foible |
| gratis | S: (adj.) on the house; (adv.) freely A: (adv.) for a price |
| icon | S: emblem, idol |
| interstice | S: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna |
| macrocosm | S: cosmos, entirety A. model, miniature, microcosm |
| mountebank | S: imposter, quack A sucker, dupe, "mark," "pigeon" |
| paean | S: hymn, ode, anthem A. dirge, elegy, lament, threnody |
| persiflage | S: banter, jesting, repartee, badinage |
| plethora | S: surplus, surfeit, glut, excess A: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity |
| pragmatic | S: down-to-earth, businesslike A: idealistic, impractical, visionary |
| quizzical | S: peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive A: unequivocal, crystal-clear, unambiguous |
| rapacity | S: avarice, cupidity, voraciousness A: liberality, generosity, altruism |
| schism | S: rift, breach A: united front, reconciliation |
| therapeutic | S: curative, salutary, salubrious A: harmful, injurious, deleterious |
| virtuoso | S: (n.) expert, master, prodigy, maestro A: (n.) amateur, beginner, novice; (adj.) mediocre |
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