UNIT 8 SYONYMS/ANTONYMS LEVEL F

acrimonious

SYNONYMS: stinging, bitter (tone), biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish

acrimonious

ANTONYMS: gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial

bovine

SYNONYMS: sluggish, stolid, unresponsive, dull, slow, stupid, mindless

resembling a cow or ox

bovine

ANTONYMS: alert, sharp, bright, keen, quick

consternation

SYONYMS: dismay, confusion, shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay

consternation

ANTONYMS: calm, composure, aplomb

corpulent

SYNONYMS: fat, bulky, 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: impartial, calm, unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached

dispassionate

ANTONYMS: committed, engaged, partial, biased

dissension

SYNONYMS: disagreement, strife, discord, contention

dissension

ANTONYMS: agreement, accord, harmony

dissipate

SYONYMS: disperse, strew, diffuse, waste, spend foolishly, squander, scatter, dispel, cause to disappear, be extravagent

dissipate

ANTONYMS: gather, collect, conserve, husband

expurgate

SYNONYMS: purge, censor, bowdlerize, cleanse, purify

gaunlet

SYNONYMS: armored glove, challenge, ordeal, dare, knight challenge, dare, provocation, trial, punishment

hypothetical

SYNONYMS: assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional

hypothetical

ANTONYMS: actual, real, tested, substantiated

ignoble

SYNONYMS: mean, low, base, inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid

ignoble

ANTONYMS: admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble, gallant

impugn

SYNONYMS: question, query, attack as false, challenge, deny, dispute

impugn

ANTONYMS: confirm, prove, verify, validate

intemperate

SYNONYMS: immoderate, inclement, excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate

intemperate

ANTONYMS: moderate, restrained, cool and collected

odium

SYNONYMS: hatred, contempt, disgrace, infamy, abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy

odium

ANTONYMS: esteem, admiration, approbation

perfidy

SYNONYMS: betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity

perfidy

ANTONYMS: faithfulness, loyalty, steadfastness, commitment

relegate

SYNONYMS: transfer, consign, demote, exile, assign, refer, turn over, banish, downgrade

relegate

ANTONYMS: promote, elevate, advance, recall

squeamish

SYNONYMS: nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish

subservient

SYNONYMS: secondary, servile, obsequious, useful, obedient, submissive, subordinate

subservient

ANTONYMS: primary, principal, bossy, domineering

susceptible

SYNONYMS: vulnerable, receptive, impressionable, easily influenced

susceptible

ANTONYMS: resistant, immune

squeamish

ANTONYMS: Robust