level f 4-6

affable

SYNONYMS: courteous, pleasant, sociable, genial, amicable

affable

ANTONYMS: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable

aggrandize

SYNONYMS: augment, amplify, intensify, build up, enhance, exalt

aggrandize

ANTONYMS: reduce, decrease, diminish

amorphous

SYNONYMS: shapeless, unorganized, formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate

amorphous

ANTONYMS: definite, well-defined, clear-cut

aura

SYNONYMS: ambience, atmosphere

contraband

SYNONYMS: (n) illegal traffic, smuggled goods

(adj) illegal, prohibited, illicit, bootleg, unlawful

contraband

ANTONYMS: (adj) legal, lawful, licit

erudite

SYONYMS: scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic, profoundly educated, well-read

erudite

ANTONYMS: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

gossamer

SYNONYMS: (adj) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial, filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy

gossamer

ANTONYMS: (adj) thick, dense, solid, massive

infer

SYNONYMS: gather, imply, hint, suggest, deduce, presume, guess, speculate

archetype

SYNONYMS: model, prototype, epitome, ideal

inscrutable

SYNONYMS: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

inscrutable

ANTONYMS: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

insular

SYNONYMS: narrow-minded, isolated, parochial, provincial

insular

ANTONYMS: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

irrevocable

SYNONYMS: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable

irrevocable

ANTONYMS: reversible, changeable

propensity

SYNONYMS: predilection, inclination, natural bent, proclivity, penchant

propensity

ANTONYMS: natural incapacity or inability

querulous

SYNONYMS: peevish, complaining, fretful, petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable

querulous

ANTONYMS: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid

remonstrate

SYNONYMS: reason against, plead with, argue with, protest against, object to, expostulate

repudiate

SYNONYMS: disown, reject, deny, disavow, abjure, renounce

repudiate

ANTONYMS: avow, affirm, aver, avouch

resilient

SYNONYMS: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy

resilient

ANTONYMS: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding

reverberate

SYNONYMS: rumble, thunder, boom, echo

scurrilous

SYNONYMS: obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative, vulgar, foul-mouthed

scurrilous

ANTONYMS: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

sedulous

SYNONYMS: persistent, assiduous, tireless, indefatigable

sedulous

ANTONYMS: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose

sleazy

SYNONYMS: thin or flimsy in texture,, cheap, shoddy, inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty, ethically low, mean, disreputable

sleazy

ANTONYMS: Superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy

amnesty

SYNONYMS: pardon; act of forgiveness or absolution

autonomy

SYONYMS: self-government, political control, home rule

autonomy

ANTONYMS: dependence, subjection, colonial status

axiomatic

SYNONYMS: self-evident, taken for granted, universally accepted

axiomatic

ANTONYMS: questionable, dubious, controversial

blazon

SYNONYMS: to adorn, embellish, decorate, display, publish, proclaim, broadcast, trumpet

blazon

ANTONYMS: hide, conceal, cover up, bury

caveat

SYNONYMS: warning, caution, admonition, word to the wise

equitable

SYNONYMS: fair, just, right, reasonable, evenhanded

equitable

ANTONYMS: unjust, unfair, one-sided, disproportionate

extricate

SYNONYMS: disentangle, extract, free from, remove with effort

extricate

ANTONYMS: enmesh, entangle

filch

SYNONYMS: to steal, pilfer, purloin, swipe

flout

SYNONYMS: mock, treat with contempt, scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn

flout

ANTONYMS: obey, honor, revere, uphold

fractious

SYNONYMS: refractory, recalcitrant, peevish, troublesome, unruly, quarrelsome, contrary, unpredictable

fractious

ANTONYMS: docile, tractable, cooperative

precept

SYNONYMS: rule, principle, maxim

Salutary

SYNONYMS: beneficial, helpful, healthful, wholesome, salubrious, curative

salutary

ANTONYMS: detrimental, deleterious, pernicious

scathing

SYNONYMS: bitterly severe, withering, harmful, searing, harsh, ferocious, savage

scathing

ANTONYMS: bland, mild

scourge

SYNONYMS: (V) whip, punish, flog, beat

(n) bane, plague, pestilence

scourge

ANTONYMS: (n) godsend, boon, blessing

sepulchral

SYNONYMS: funereal, gloomy, dismal, doleful, lugubrious, mortuary

soporific

SYNONYMS: (n) narcotic, anesthetic (adj) sleep-causing

soporific

ANTONYMS: (adj) stimulating

(n) stimulant, stimulus

straitlaced

SYNONYMS: strict, prudish, puritanical, highly conventional, overly strict, stufffy

straitlaced

ANTONYMS: lax, loose, indulgent, permissive, dissolute

transient

SYNONYMS: (adj) impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting

transient

ANTONYMS: (adj) permanent, imperishable, immortal

unwieldy

SYNONYMS: cumbeersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical

unwieldy

ANTONYMS: manageable, easy to handle

vapid

SYNONYMS: insipid, lifeless, colorless, dull, uninteresting, tiresome

vapid

ANTONYMS: zesty, spicy, savory, colorful, lively

anomalous

SYNONYMS: exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant, irregular, abnonrmal

anomalous

ANTONYMS: normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary

aspersion

SYNONYMS: innuendo, calumny, denigration, defaming/slandering act, damaging/derogatory statement

aspersion

ANTONYMS: endorsement, testimonial, praise

bizarre

SYNONYMS: strange, unusual, atypical, grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

bizarre

ANTONYMS: normal, typical, ordinary, expected

brusque

SYNONYMS: curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough, abrupt, blunt

brusque

ANTONYMS: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic

cajole

SYNONYMS: coax, persuade, deceive, wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk

cajole

ANTONYMS: coerce, force, strong-arm

castigate

SYNONYMS: punish, criticize, chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid

castigate

ANTONYMS: reward, honor, praise, laud

contrive

SYNONYMS: plan, invent, scheme, think up, devise, concoct, fabricate

demagogue

SYNONYMS: corrupt leader, rabble-rouser, firebrand

disabuse

SYNONYMS: free from error/deception, set right, undeceive, enlighten, set straight

disabuse

ANTONYMS: deceive, delude, pull wool over one’s eyes

ennui

SYNONYMS: weariness, dissatisfaction, boredom, languor, world-weariness, listlessness

ennui

ANTONYMS: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity

fetter

SYNONYMS: (n) chain, shackle, bond, restraitn

(v) bind, hamper, chain, shackle, render helpless/impotent

fetter

ANTONYMS: (v) free, liberate, emancipate

heinous

SYNONYMS: wicked, offensive, hateful, evil, odious, abominable, outrageous

heinous

ANTONYMS: excellent, wonderful, splendid

immutable

SYNONYMS: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable, constant

immutable

ANTONYMS: changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle

insurgent

SYONYMS: (n) rebel (adj) revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous

insurgent

ANTONYMS: (adj) loyalist, loyal, faithful

megalomania

SYNONYMS: delusions of grandeur

megalomania

ANTONYMS: humility, modesty, self-abasement