10th Honors Literature Vocab Unit 8 Synonyms & Antonyms

Acrimonious

Synonyms: biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish

Acrimonious

Antonyms: gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial

Bovine

Synonyms: stolid, dull, slow, stupid

Bovine

Antonyms: alert, sharp, bright, keen, quick

Consternation

Synonyms: shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay

Consternation

Antonyms: calm, composure, aplomb

Corpulent

Synonyms: overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly

Corpulent

Antonyms: slender, lean, spare, gaunt, emaciated

Disavow

Synonyms: disown, disclaim, retract, abjure

Disavow`

Antonyms: acknowledge, admit, grant, certify

Dispassionate

Synonyms: unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached

Dispassionate

Antonyms: committed, engaged, partial, biased

Dissension

Synonyms: strife, discord, contention

Dissension

Antonyms: agreement, accord, harmony

Dissipate

Synonyms: disperse, strew, diffuse, waste

Dissipate

Antonyms: gather, collect, conserve, husband

Expurgate

(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify
Synonyms: purge, censor, bowdlerize

Gauntlet

Synonyms: dare, provocation, trial, punishment

Hypothetical

Synonyms: assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional

Hypothetical

Antonyms: actual, real, tested, substantiated

Ignoble

Synonyms: inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid

Ignoble

Antonyms: admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble

Impugn

Synonyms: challenge, deny, dispute, query, question

Impugn

Antonyms: confirm, prove, verify, validate

Intemperate

Synonyms: excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate

Intemperate

Antonyms: moderate, restrained, cool and collected

Odium

Synonyms: abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy

Odium

Antonyms: esteem, admiration, approbation

Perfidy

Synonyms: betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity

Perfidy

Antonyms: faithfulness, loyalty, steadfastness

Relegate

Synonyms: transfer, consign, demote, exile

Relegate

Antonyms: promote, elevate, advance, recall

Squeamish

Synonyms: nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish

Subservient

Synonyms: secondary, servile, obsequious, useful

Subservient

Antonyms: primary, principal, bossy, domineering

Susceptible

Synonyms: vulnerable, receptive, impressionable

Susceptible

Antonyms; resistant, immune