Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 7-9 Synonyms/Antonyms

allay

Synonyms: reduce, alleviate, moderate

allay

Antonyms: aggravate, exacerbate, intensify

bestial

Synonyms: animalistic, depraved, loathsome

bestial

Antonyms: human, humane, clement, virtuous, upright

convivial

Synonyms: fun-loving, jovial, merry

convivial

Antonyms: dour, grim, sullen, unsociable

coterie

Synonyms: clique, set

counterpart

Synonym: match

demur

Synonyms: (v.) protest, object to

demur

Antonyms: (v.) assent to, consent to, accept, agree to

effrontery

Synonyms: gall, chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek

effrontery

Antonyms: shyness, diffidence, timidity

embellish

Synonyms: ornament, garnish

embellish

Antonyms: strip, mar, disfigure

ephemeral

Synonyms: fleeting, transient, evanescent, transitory

ephemeral

Antonyms: durable, long-lasting, permanent, perpetual

felicitous

Synonyms: fortunate, well-put

felicitous

Antonyms: inappropriate, inept, graceless, unhappy

furtive

Synonyms: clandestine, covert, surreptitious

furtive

Antonyms: forthright, aboveboard, open

garish

Synonyms: gaudy, flashy, tawdry

garish

Antonyms: subdued, muted, understated, quiet

illusory

Synonyms: specious, spurious, fanciful, imaginary

illusory

Antonyms: actual, real, factual, objective

indigent

Synonyms: penniless, poverty-stricken, destitude

indigent

Antonyms: affluent, prosperous

inordinate

Synonyms: exorbitant, extravagant

inordinate

Antonyms: moderate, reasonable, equitable

jettison

Synonyms: cast off, discard, dump, junk, abandon

jettison

Antonyms: conserve, retain, hold on to, keep

misanthrope

Synonyms: people-hater

pertinacious

Synonyms: stubborn, dogged, determined

picayune

Synonyms: inconsequential, piddling, trifling

picayune

Antonyms: important, significant, huge, gigantic

raiment

Synonyms: apparel, attire

allege

s: contend

allege

a: prove

arrant

s: egregious, unmitigated

badinage

s: banter, persiflage, repartee

badinage

a: sermon

conciliate

s: pacify, mollify, propitiate

conciliate

a: antagonize, alienate, estrange

countermand

s: recall, revoke

countermand

a: reaffirm, reassert

echelon

s: rank

exacerbate

s: intensify, worsen

exacerbate

a: alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate

fatuous

s: stupid, silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous

fatuous

a: intelligent, perceptive, bright

irrefutable

s: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable

irrefutable

a: disputable, indefensible, untenable

lackadaisical

s: indolent, indifferent, lax, halfhearted

lackadaisical

a: energetic, vigorous, wholehearted

litany

s: catalog, megillah

macabre

s: grim, ghoulish

paucity

s: lack, scarcity

paucity

a: abundance, glut, plenitude, deluge

portend

s: bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest

raze

s: pull-down, demolish, shave off

raze

a: build, construct, raise, erect

recant

s: repudiate, disavow

recant

a: reassert

saturate

s: drench, flood, imbue

saturate

a: drain

saturnine

s: morose

saturnine

a: cheerful, vivacious

slough

s: shed, slog

slough

a: take on, acquire, assume

acclamation

(syn.) ovation, cheering, plaudits

acclamation

(ant.) booing, hissing, jeers, catcalls

bucolic

(syn.) rustic

bucolic

(ant.) urban, metropolitan

calumniate

(syn.) defame, libel

calumniate

(ant.) flatter, whitewash, praise

chary

(syn.) wary, skittish

chary

(ant.) heedless, reckless, incautious

collusion

(syn.) conspiracy, plot, connivance, cahoots

dilettante

(syn.) amateur, trifler

dilettante

(ant.) professional

imperturable

(syn.) unflappable, unexcitable, serene, unruffled

imperturable

(ant.) excitable

increment

(syn.) accretion, gain

increment

(ant.) loss, reduction, decrease

mandate

(syn.) directive

mandate

(ant.) forbid, ban, outlaw

paltry

(syn.) measly, meager, piddling, trivial

paltry

(ant.) gigantic, immense, colossal

paroxysm

(syn.) fit, seizure

pedantry

(syn.) nit-picking, hairsplitting, pettifoggery

peregrination

(syn.) journey, wandering, odyssey

redolent

(syn.) evocative, reminiscent, aromatic

redolent

(ant.) unevocative, odorless

refulgent

(syn.) luminous, splendid

refulgent

(ant.) dim, dark, obscure, dingy, dull, murky

shibboleth

(syn.) catchphrase, password, slogan

tyro

(syn.) neophyte

tyro

(ant.) veteran, past master, expert

unremitting

(syn.) constant, incessant, unrelenting

unremitting

(ant.) desultory, intermittent

vacillate

(syn.) seesaw, fluctuate, oscillate