Flashcards: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Level E Synonyms and Antonyms
All 20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adulterate | Synonyms: contaminate, pollute, sully Antonyms: purify, purge, expurgate |
| ambidextrous | Synonyms: versatile, facile Antonyms: clumsy, all thumbs, maladroit |
| augment | Synonyms: enlarge, supplement, amplify Antonyms: decrease, diminish |
| bereft | Synonyms: bereaved Antonyms: replete, well provided |
| deploy | Synonyms: station Antonyms: |
| dour | Synonyms: harsh, bleak, forrbbiding, saturine Antonyms: cherry, inviting, genial |
| fortitude | Synonyms: resolve, steadfastness, mettle Antonyms: fearfulness, timidity, laintheartedness |
| gape | Synonyms: gawk, ogle Antonyms: |
| gibe | Synonyms: ridicule, mock, deride, jeer Antonyms: compliment, praise |
| guise | Synonyms: costume, semblance, pretense Antonyms: |
| insidious | Synonyms: cunning, underhanded, perlicicous Antonyms: frank, ingenuous |
| intimation | Synonyms: clue, indication, inkling Antonyms: |
| opulent | Synonyms: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant Antonyms: poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute |
| pliable | Synonyms: supple, adaptable, resilient Antonyms: rigid, inflexible, recalcitrant |
| reiterate | Synonyms: restate, rehash, recapitulate Antonyms: |
| stolid | Synonyms: impassive, phiegmatic Antonyms: emotional, oversensitive, high-strung |
| tentative | Synonyms: provisional, inconclusive Antonyms: definite, conclusive, confirmed |
| unkempt | Synonyms: sloppy, disheveled, disordered, rough Antonyms: well-groomed, tidy, near, natty |
| verbatim | Synonyms: exact, precisely Antonyms: paraphrased |
| warily | Synonyms: carefully, prudently, gingerly Antonyms: recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously |