| Term | Definition |
| acclamation | SYNONYMS: ovation, cheering, plaudits |
| bucolic | SYNONYMS: rustic |
| calumniate | SYNONYMS: defame, libel |
| chary | SYNONYMS: wary, skittish |
| collusion | SYNONYMS: conspiracy, plot, connivance, cahoots |
| dilettante | SYNONYMS: amateur, trifler |
| imperturbable | SYNONYMS: unflappable, unexcitable, serene, unruffled |
| increment | SYNONYMS: accretion, gain |
| mandate | SYNONYMS: directive |
| paltry | SYNONYMS: measly, meager, piddling, trivial |
| paroxysm | SYNONYMS: fit, seizure |
| pedantry | SYNONYMS: nit-picking, hairsplitting, pettifoggery |
| peregrination | SYNONYMS: journey, wandering, odyssey |
| redolent | SYNONYMS: evocative, reminiscent, aromatic |
| refulgent | SYNONYMS: luminous, splendid |
| shibboleth | SYNONYMS: catchphrase, password, slogan |
| tyro | SYNONYMS: neophyte |
| unremitting | SYNONYMS: constant, incessant, unrelenting |
| vacillate | SYNONYMS: seesaw, fluctuate, oscillate |
| vituperative | SYNONYMS: abusive, scurrilous, insulting |
| acclamation | ANTONYMS: booing, hissing, jeers, catcalls |
| bucolic | ANTONYMS: urban, metropolitan |
| calumniate | ANTONYMS: flatter, whitewash, praise |
| chary | ANTONYMS: heedless, reckless, incautious |
| dilettante | ANTONYMS: professional |
| imperturbable | ANTONYMS: excitable |
| increment | ANTONYMS: loss, reduction, decrease |
| mandate | ANTONYMS: forbid, ban, outlaw |
| paltry | ANTONYMS: gigantic, immense, colossal |
| redolent | ANTONYMS: unevocative, odorless |
| refulgent | ANTONYMS: dim, dark, obscure, dingy, dull, murky |
| unremitting | ANTONYMS: desultory, intermittent |
| vacillate | ANTONYMS: persevere |
| vituperative | ANTONYMS: complimentary, laudatory, flattering |