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