unit 12 level c ant& syn
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abdicate | synonyms: step down, relinquish, renounce antonyms: retain |
| bestow | synonyms: grant, confer, lodge, put up antonyms: receive, take, take back, take away |
| capacious | synonyms: spacious, commodious antonyms: cramped, confined, restricted, narrow |
| caustic | synonyms: burning, corrosive, sharp antonyms: bland, mild, sugary, saccharine |
| crusade | synonyms: (n) campaign, organized movement |
| deface | synonyms: mar, disfigure antonyms: repair, restore, renovate, recondition |
| embargo | synonyms: (n) stoppage, ban, boycott |
| fallacy | synonyms: misconception antonyms: sound reasoning, logic |
| levity | synonyms: giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness antonyms: seriousness, humorless, solemnity |
| mendicant | synonyms: (n) panhandler antonyms: (n) millionaire, philanthropist |
| nauseate | synonyms: sicken, disgust antonyms: delight, tickle pink |
| negate | synonyms: cancel, invalidate, annul antonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, buttress |
| pivotal | synonyms: crucial, critical, decisive, seminal antonyms: unimportant, insignificant |
| recipient | synonyms: (n) receiver, beneficiary antonyms: (n) donor, benefactor, contributor |
| ruse | synonyms: stratagem, subterfuge, dodge |
| teem | synonyms: abound, swarm, overflow antonyms: lack, be wanting |
| tenet | synonyms: doctrine, precept |
| tractable | synonyms: submissive, docile, yielding, amenable antonyms: unruly, obstreperous, refractory |
| ungainly | synonyms: graceless antonyms: nimble, agile, supple, graceful |
| voracious | synonyms: gluttonous, insatiable, avid antonyms: indifferent, apathetic |
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