Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 9 Synonyms and Antonyms

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auxiliary
S: additional, back up, reserve, accessory A: main, primary, principal
candid
S: forthright, plainspoken, unbiased A: insincere, evasive, misleading, artful
cubicle
S: enclosure, hole-in-the-wall A: vast hall, auditorioum
drudgery
S: toil, labor, grind A: play, frolic, amusement, recreation, fun
envoy
S: agent, ambassador, emissary, minister
escalate
S: climb, raise, ascend, mount A: decrease, lessen, descend, defuse
expedient
S: contrivance, device, serviceable A: inconvenient, untimely, disadvantageous
feign
S: fake, sham, affect, simulate
flair
S: aptitude, bent, knack, gift, style, panache A: inability, incapacity
grievous
S: painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant A: joyful, uplifting, cheery, upbeat, comforting
heterogeneousS: miscellaneous, mixed, variegated A: uniform, homogeneous, of a piecehordeS: crowd, mass, multitude, host, swarm A: few, handfulimpelS: urge, push, spur, propel, incite A: discourage, check, restrain, curbinscribeS: imprint, enroll, enlist A: erase, rub out, delete, efface, obliterateincredulousS: dubious, mistrustful, doubting A: believing, trustful, gulliblemonologueS: soliloquy, recitation A: dialogue, conversation, colloquyraspingS: scratchy, scraping, abrasive, gravelly A: sonorous, smooth, satiny, silky, mellowprognosisS: prediction, projectionrepugnantS: hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive A: pleasing, attractive, tempting, wholesomescuttleS: abandon, discard, scrap, ditch, dump A: keep afloat, salvage, rescue, preserve