Level F, Unit 13 (copy)

abet

(v.) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)
*ANTONYMS:* hamper, hinder, impede

aver

(v.) to affirm, declare confidently
*SYNONYMS:* assert, asseverate, avouch
*ANTONYMS:* deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim

blatant

(adj.) noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense
*SYNONYMS:* flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud
*ANTONYMS:* inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty

broach

(v.) to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the water; to pierce (a keg, cask) to draw off liquid
(n.) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks

buttress

(v.) to support, prop up, strengthen
(n.) a supporting structure
*SYNONYMS:* (v.) bolster, reinforce, shore-up
*ANTONYMS:* (v.) undermine, weaken, impair

carousal

(n.) noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking)
*SYNONYMS:* drinking bout, drunken revel, binge

collate

(v.) to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for some scientific purpose
*SYNONYMS:* sort out, cross-check, rearrange

connoisseur

(n.) an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts
*SYNONYMS:* authority, savant, pundit
*ANTONYMS:* ignoramus, philistine, yahoo

disconsolate

(adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation
*SYNONYMS:* grief-stricken, inconsolable, comfortless
*ANTONYMS:* cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty

encumber

(v.) to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder
*SYNONYMS:* overload, saddle, hamper, clog
*ANTONYMS:* unburden, unload, relieve