Unit 7 S&A

allay

S: reduce, alleviate, moderate A: aggravate, exacerbate, intensify

bestial

S: animalistic, loathsome A: human, clement, virtuous, upright

convivial

S: fun-loving, jovial, merry A: dour, sullen, unsociable

coterie

S: clique, set

counterpart

S: match

demur

S: protest, object to A: assent to, consent to, accept, agree to

effrontery

S: chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek A: shyness, diffidence, timidity

embellish

S: garish A: strip, mar, disfigure

ephemeral

S: transient, evanescence, transitory A: durable, long-lasting, permanent, perpetual

felicitous

S: fortune, well-put A: inappropriate, inept, graceless, unhappy

furtive

S: covert, surreptitious A: aboveboard, open

garish

S: gaudy, flashy, tawdry A: subdued, muted, understated, quiet

illusory

S: specious, spurious, imaginary A: actual, real, factual, objective

indignant

S: penniless, poverty-stricken, destitute A: affluent, prosperous

inordinate

S: exorbitant, extravagant A: reasonable, equitable

jettison

S: cast off, discard, dump, junk A: conserve, retain, hold on to, keep

misanthrope

S: people-hater

pertinacious

S: stubborn, determined

picayune

S: piddling, trifling A: important, significant, huge, gigantic

raiment

S: apparel, attire