Level F, Unit 9 Synonyms and Antonyms

Vocabulary flashcards with terms and definitions based on lecture notes.

Abate

synonyms: diminish, decrease, subside, let up

antonyms: intensify, increase, magnify, wax

Adulation

Synonyms: worship

antonyms: ridicule, derision, scorn, odiums

Anathema

synonyms: malediction, imprecation, abomination antonyms: benediction, blessing

Astute

synonyms: shrewd, acute, sagacious, judicious, wily antonyms: obtuse, doltish, empty-headed, dumb

Avarice

synonyms: greediness,cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness

Culpable

synonyms: guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy

antonyms: blameless, innocent, laudable, meritorious

Dilatory

synonyms: stalling, slow, tardy, laggard

antonyms: prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious

Egregious

synonyms: glaring, fagrant, blatant

antonyms: unnoticeable, paltry, piddling

Equivocate

synonyms: to talk out of both sides of one's mouth, palter, hedge

antonyms: to speak one's mind plainly

Evanescent

synonyms: ephemeral, transient, transitory

antonyms: everlasting, immortal, imperishable

Irresolute

synonyms: indecisive, vacillating, wavering

antonyms: determined, decisive, unwavering

Nebulous

synonyms: hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, vague, murky, opaque, indeterminate

antonyms: definite, distinct, clear, sharply focused

Novice

synonyms: neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice

antonyms: veteran, past master, pro, expert

Penury

synonyms: destitution, want, indigence

antonyms: afuence, abundance, luxury, opulence

Pretentious

synonyms: infated, ostentatious, afected

antonyms: unassuming, unafected, modest

Recapitulate

synonyms: review, summarize, sum up, go over

Resuscitate

synonyms: revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivate

Slovenly

synonyms: unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax

antonyms: neat, tidy, careful, meticulous

Supposition

synonyms: assumption, presumption, hypothesis

Torpid

synonyms: sluggish, lethargic, otiose, languid

antonyms: energetic, dynamic, vigorous