Level H Unit 6 Vocab Synonyms & Antonyms

MALADROIT

S- inept, awkward, clumsy, gauche

A- skillful, dexterous, deft, tactful

MAUDLIN

S- mushy, mawkish

MODULATE

S- adapt, moderate

ABORTIVE

S- miscarried, fruitless, premature

A- successful, realized, consummated

BRUIT

S- noise abroad, bradcast, blazon

A- cover up, conceal, hush up

CONTUMELIOUS

S- vituperative, scurrilous, excoriating

A- laudatory, commendatory, deferential

DICTUM

S- maxim, precept, aphorism, axiom

ENSCONCE

S- nestle, lodge, entrench

A- unseat, displace, oust

ICONOCLASTIC

S- image-breaking, irrelevant, heretical

A- orthodox, conservative, reverent

INTERNECINE

S- murderous, savage, ruinous

A- peaceful, harmonious, constructive

PORTENTOUS

S- foreboding, ominous, pretentious

A- auspicious, propitious, encouraging

PRESCIENCE

S- foreknowledge

A- hindsight

QUID PRO QUO

S- swap, trade

SALUBRIOUS

S- beneficial, healthy, invigorating

A- harmful, unhealthy, deleterious, noxious

SATURNALIAN

S- dissipated, debauched, orgiastic

TOUCHSTONE

S- criterion, yardstick, benchmark

TRAUMATIC

S- jolting

A- soothing, comforting, agreeable, pleasant

VITIATE

S- degrade, undermine

A- purify, fortify, strengthen, enhance,

WAGGISH

S- whimsical, jocular

A- serious, grave, grim, dour, humorless