Sadlier Oxford Level G Unit 2 Synonyms and Antonyms

accost

synonyms: buttonhole, approach, confront

antonyms: evade, avoid, shun

animadversion

synonyms: rebuke, reproof

antonyms: praise, compliment

avid

synonyms: keen, enthusiastic, grasping

antonyms: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic

brackish

synonyms: briny, saline

antonyms: fresh, clear, sweet

celerity

synonyms: promptness, alacrity, speed

antonyms: slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness

devious

synonyms: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful

antonyms: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard

gambit

synonyms: ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver

halcyon

synonyms: (adj.) tranquil, serene, placid, palmy

antonyms: (adj.) turbulent, chaotic, tumultuous

histrionic

synonyms: affected, stagy

antonyms: low-keyed, muted, untheatrical, subdued

incendiary

synonyms: (adj.) inflammatory, provocative, (n.) firebrand

antonyms: (adj.) soothing, quieting, (n.) peacemaker

maelstrom

synonyms: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult

myopic

synonym: shortsighted

antonym: farsighted

overt

synonyms: clear, obvious, manifest, patent

antonyms: secret, clandestine, covert, concealed

pejorative

antonyms: complimentary, ameliorative

propriety

synonyms: fitness, correctness, decorum

antonyms: unseemliness, inappropriateness

sacrilege

synonyms: desecration, profanation, defilement

summarily

synonyms: promptly, peremptorily, abruptly

suppliant

nada

talisman

nunca

undulate

synonyms: ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall