| Term | Definition |
|---|
| jejune | synonyms: vapid,insipid, puerile, childish : antonyms:stimulating , mature |
| obdurate | Synonyms: obstinate adamant ;Antonyms: yielding tractable flexible |
| potpourri | Synonyms: hodgepodge mélange farrago medley ;Antonyms: homogenous or uniform group |
| precocious | Synonyms forward gifted advanced ;Antonyms backward retarded slow |
| sadistic | Synonyms brutal vicious inhuman fiendish ;Antonyms masochistic clement humane merciful |
| sententious | synonyms: aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic ; antonyms: discursive,diffuse, episodic |
| supplicate | Synonyms: plead, petition, implore, entreat |
| surfeit | Synonyms: excess, glut, cloy, satiate ;antonyms: dearth, paucity, lack |
| tortuous | Synonyms: circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthine ; Antonyms: direct, straight, straightforward |
| turgid | synonyms: inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown ; Antonyms: muted, understand, unadorned, austere |
| adamant | Antonyms: yielding, flexible, pliable |
| brouhaha | Synonyms: furor, hullabaloo, tumult, pandemonium |
| bulwark | Synonyms: stronghold, citadel, bastion, rampart ; antonyms: breach, weak point in defense |
| choleric | Synonyms: irascible, testy, splenetic, bilious; antonyms: affable, genial, even-tempered |
| cloy | Antonyms: stimulate, whet |
| curtail | synonyms: limit, abbreviate, abridge, contract; antonyms: protract, extend |
| definitive | Synonyms: exhaustive, authoritative; antonyms: tentative, inconclusive |
| demeanor | Synonyms: conduct, behavior, bearing, carriage |
| deference | Synonyms: respect, consideration, courtesy; antonyms: contempt, disrespect, scorn, disdain |
| enigmatic | Synonyms: baffling, mysterious, inexplicable; antonyms: intelligible, understandable, fathomable |
| impromptu | Synonyms: spontaneous, improvised, unrehearsed; antonyms: rehearsed, planned, prepared, premeditated |
| mawkish | Synonyms: sentimentalized, maudlin, mushy, nauseating; antonyms: unsentimental, callous, insensitive |
| mollify | Antonyms: enrage, anger, aggravate, exacerbate |
| onus | Synonyms: burden, obligation, duty, stigma |
| presentiment | Synonyms: foreboding, premonition, hunch |
| profligate | Synonyms: prodigal, improvident, spendthrift; antonyms: penny-pinching, frugal, economical |
| remit | Synonyms: pay, absolve, subside, abate |
| requisite | Synonyms: required, obligatory, incumbent; antonyms: nonessential, superfluous, optional |
| thwart | Synonyms: foil, baffle; antonyms: aid, assist, abet, further |
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