Sadlier-Oxford Level F - Unit 13

abet

to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)\n\nAntonyms: hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate

aver

to affirm, declare confidently\n\nSynonyms: assert, asseverate, avouch\n\nAntonyms: deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim

blatant

noise in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, espoecailly in an unfavorable sense\n\nSynonyms: flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud\n\nAntonyms: inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty

broach

to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the waterl to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce (a keg or cask) in order to draw off liquid; (n) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks

buttress

to support, prop up, strengthen; (n) a supporting structure\n\nSynonyms: (v) bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up\n\nAntonyms: (v) undermine, weaken, impair

carousal

noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking)\n\nSynonyms: drinking boul, drunken revel, binge

collate

to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities; to arrange in order for some specific purpose\n\nSynonyms: sort out, corss–check, rearrange

conoisseur

an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgements, especially in one of the fine arts\n\nSynonyms: authority, savant, pundit\n\nAntonyms: igoramus, philistine, yahoo

disconsolate

deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation\n\nSynonyms: grief–stricken, inconsolable, comfortlesss\n\nAntonyms: cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty

encumber

to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt); to fill up, block up, hinder\n\nSynonyms: overload, saddle, hamper, clog\n\nAntonyms: unburden, unload, relieve

forment

to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm\n\nSynonyms: instigate, incite, stir up\n\nAntonyms: quell, quash, squelch, suppress

grisly

frightful, horrible, ghastly\n\nSynonyms: gruesome, gory, hideous\n\nAntonyms: pleasent, delightful, attractive

herculean

relating to Hercules; (lowercase H) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength\n\nSynonyms: mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous, colossal\n\nAntonyms: puny, Lilliputian, bantam

impassive

showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless\n\nSynonyms: emotionless, stoical, unemotional, insensible\n\nAntonyms: emotional, passionate, excitable

inauspicious

unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future\n\nSynonyms: unpropitious, unpromising, untimely\n\nAntonyms: propitious, favorable

incontrovertible

unquestionable, beyond dispute\n\nSynonyms: incontestable, indisputable, indubitable\n\nAntonyms: debatable, dubious, open to question

nonplussed

puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss\n\nSynonyms: perplexed, baffled, stumped, flabbergasted\n\nAntonyms: poised, confident, assured

opportune

suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occuring at an appropriate time\n\nSynonyms: timely, appropriate, felicitous\n\nAntonyms: untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate

prolific

abundantly productive; abundant, profuse\n\nSynonyms: fruitful, fecund, proliferous\n\nAntonyms: barrne, unproductive, sterile, sparse

rejoinder

a reply to a reply; especially from the defendant in a legal suit\n\nSynonyms: answer, reply, response, riposte, retort