Flashcards: Vocabulary workshop level G unit 1 synonyms and antonyms
All 20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acquisitive | synonyms:greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive antonyms: altruistic, unretentive |
| arrogate | synonyms: expropriate, usurp, commandeer antonyms:relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
| banal | synonyms: stale insipid antonyms: fresh, novel, original, new |
| belabor | synonyms: overwork |
| carping | synonyms: nit-picking, caviling antonyms: approving, uncritical |
| coherent | synonyms: connected unified consistent antonyms: muddled chaotic disjointed |
| congeal | synonyms: harden jell coagulate solidify antonyms: melt liquefy |
| emulate | synonyms: copy mimic rival match |
| encomium | synonyms: panegyric eulogy commendation antonyms: condemnation castigation crticism |
| eschew | synonyms: abstain from, forgo antonyms: embrace, adopt |
| germane | synonyms: pertinent antonyms: irrelevant extraneous inappropriate |
| insatiable | synonyms: unquenchable ravenous voracious |
| intransigent | synonyms: uncompromising unyielding obdurate antonyms: lukewarm halfhearted yielding |
| invidious | synonyms: malicious spiteful pejorative antonyms: complimentary flattering ameliorative |
| largesse | synonyms: liberality munificence bounty antonyms: stinginess miserliness niggardliness |
| reconnaissance | synonyms: scouting expedition |
| substantiate | synonyms: verify confirm validate authenticate antonyms: refute disprove invalidate |
| taciturn | synonyms: tight-lipped uncommunicative laconic antonyms: garrulous loquacious prolix verbose |
| temporize | synonyms: hedge dillydally procrastinate |
| tenable | synonyms: defensible justifiable maintainable antonyms: indefensible unjustifiable |