Vocabulary Level G Unit 2 Synonyms & Antonyms

accost (syn)

buttonhole, approach

accost (ant)

avoid, shun

animadversion (syn)

rebuke, reproof

animadversion (ant)

praise, compliment

avid (syn)

keen, enthusiastic, grasping

avid (ant)

reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic

brackish (syn)

saline

brackish (ant)

clear, sweet

celerity (syn)

promptness, speed

celerity (ant)

slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness

devious (syn)

roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful, shifty/underhanded

devious (ant)

direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard

gambit (syn)

ploy, ruse, maneuver

halcyon (syn)

tranquil, placid, palmy, affluent, happy

halcyon (ant)

turbulent, tumultuous

histrionic (syn)

affected, stagy

histrionic (ant)

muted, untheatrical, subdued

incendiary (syn)

(adj) inflammatory, provocative (n) firebrand

incendiary (ant)

(adj) soothing, quieting (n) peacemaker

maelstrom (syn)

chaos, turbulence, tumult

myopic (syn)

shortsighted

myopic (ant)

farsighted

overt (syn)

clear, obvious, manifest, patent

overt (ant)

clandestine, covert, concealed

pejorative (ant)

complimentary, ameliorative

propriety (syn)

fitness, correctness

propriety (ant)

inappropriateness, unseemliness

sacrilege (syn)

desecration, profanation, defilement

summarily (syn)

promptly, peremptorily

suppliant (syn)

humbly, earnestly

talisman (syn)

charm, amulet, fetish

undulate (syn)

fluctuate, rise and fall