ap lang midterm synonyms and antonyms

acquisitive

syn: greedy, avaricious, retentiveant: altruistic

arrogate

syn: expropriate, commandeerant: renounce, abdicate, abandon

banal

syn: stale, insipidant: fresh, original, new

belabor

syn: overwork

carping

syn: nit-picking, cavilingant: approving, uncritical

coherent

syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesiveant: muddled, chaotic, disjointed

congeal

syn: harden, jell, coagulate, solidifyant: liquefy

emulate

syn: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to

encomium

syn: panegyric, eulogy, commendationant: condemnation, castigation, criticism

eschew

syn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgoant: embrace, adopt

germane

syn: pertinentant: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

insatiable

syn: unquenchable, ravenous

intansigent

syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurateant: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

invidious

syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorativeant: flattering, ameliorative

largesse

syn: liberality, bountyant: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness

reconnaissance

syn: exploration

substantiate

syn: confirm, validate, authenticateant: refute, disprove, invalidate

taciturn

syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconicant: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

temporize

syn: dillydally, procrastinate

tenable

syn: defensible, justifiable, maintainableant: indefensible, unjustifiable

accost

syn: buttonhole, approachant: avoid, shun

animidversion

syn: rebuke, reproofantonyms: praise, compliment

avid

syn: keen, enthusiastic, graspingant: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic

brackish

syn: salineant: clear, sweet

celerity

syn: promptness, speedant: slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness

devious

syn: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artfulant: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard

gambit

syn: ploy, ruse, maneuver

halcyon

syn: tranquil, placid, palmyant: turbulent, tumultuous

histrionic

syn: affected, stagyant: muted, untheatrical, subdued

incendiary

syn: inflammatory, provocative, firebrandant: soothing, quieting, peacemaker

maelstrom

syn: chaos, turbulence, tumult

myopic

syn: shortsightedant: farsighted

overt

syn: clear, obvious, manifest, patentant: clandestine, covert, concealed

pejorative

ant: complimentary, ameliorative

propriety

syn: fitness, correctnessant: unseemliness, inappropriateness

sacrilege

syn: desecration, profanation, defilement

summarily

syn: promptly, peremptorily

undulate

syn: fluctuate, rise and fall

cavort

syn: gambol

credence

syn: credit, trust, confidenceant: disbelief, skepticism, incredulity

decry

syn: denounce, censure, devalueant: tout, commend, extol, laud, praise

dissemble

syn: dissimulate, mask, feign

distraught

syn: distractedant: calm, collected

eulogy

syn: panegyric, encomium, tributeant: philippic, invective

evince

syn: exhibit, manifest, occasion

exhume

syn: disinter, unearth, uncoverant: bury, inter

feckless

syn: feeble, incompetent, ineffectualant: competent, capable, effective

murky

syn: dim, cloudy, unclearant: clear, transparent, lucid, limpid

nefarious

syn: iniquitous, reprehensibleant: virtuous, honorable, praiseworthy, meritorious

piquant

syn: zestful, tangyant: bland, insipid, tasteless, mild

primordial

syn: original, primal

propinquity

syn: similarityant: remoteness, distance

substantive

syn: firm, substantial, meatyant: imaginary, unreal, meaningless

unwonted

syn: unusual, uncommon, unexpected, atypicalant: usual, customary, typical

utopian

syn: idealisticant: realistic, pragmatic

verbiage

syn: prolixity, diction, jargon

verdant

syn: artless, naiveant: scorched, sere, barren

viscous

syn: sticky, thickant: watery, aqueous

atrophy

syn: degeneration, deterioration; (v) witherant: growth, mature

bastion

syn: citadel, rampart, parapet

concord

ant: disagreement, strife, discord

consumate

syn: masterful, clinch, concludeant: launch, initiate, begin, kickoff

disarray

syn: (n.) disorganization; (v.) dishevel, mess upant: (n.) organization, order, tidiness

exigency

syn: requirement, crisis

floatsam

syn: floating wreckage, rubbish

frenetic

syn: frantic, overwroughtant: calm, controlled, relaxed, leisurely

glean

syn: cull, pick up

grouse

Syn: kvetch, bellyache

incarcerate

syn: internant: liberate, free

incumbent

syn: mandatory, necessaryant: optional, unnecessary

jocular

syn: waggish, facetious, drollant: solemn, grave, earnest, grim

ludicrous

syn: risible, preposterousant: heartrending, poignant, pathetic

mordant

syn: acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathingant: bland, mild, gentle, soothing

nettle

syn: peeve, annoy, incense, gallant: please, delight, soothe, pacify

pecuniary

syn: monetary

pussillanimous

syn: lily-liveredant: stouthearted, courageous

recumbent

syn: prone, supine, inactiveant: erect, energetic, dynamic

strategem

syn: trick, ploy, subterfuge

acuity

syn: keenness, acutenessant: dullness, obtuseness

delineate

syn: picture, render

depraved

syn: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corruptant: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted

enervate

syn: impair, cripple, paralyzeant: invigorate, strengthen, buttress

esoteric

syn: cryptic, arcane, reconditeant: accesible, comprehensible, intelligible

fecund

syn: fertile, teeming, prolificant: infertile, barren, unproductive

fiat

syn: dictum, ukase

figment

syn: invention, fancy

garner

syn: collect, accumulate, accrueant: scatter, squander, waste, dissipate

hallow

syn: venerate, blessant: defile, profane

idiosyncrasy

syn: quirk, mannerism

ignominy

syn: disgrace; infamyant: renown; eminence; repute

mundane

syn: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunaryant: heavenly, spiritual, transcendental

nuance

syn: shade, nicety, refinement

overweening

syn: arrogant, unbridled, inflatedant: restrained, understated, modest, meek

penchant

syn: proclivity, predilectionant: disinclination, aversion

reputed

syn: putative, reputable, supposedant: proven, corroborated, authenticated

sophistry

syn: specious reasoning

sumptuos

syn: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendidant: skimpy, stingy, niggardly, spartan

ubiquitous

syn: pervasive, universalant: restricted, limited, rare, scarce

abject

syn: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utterant: noble, exalted

agnostic

syn: doubterant: believer