f unit 9 syn and aynt

abate

SYNONYMS:diminish, decrease, subside, let up

ANTONYMS: intensify, increase, magnify, wax

adulation

SYNONYMS:adoration, idolization, hero-worship

ANTONYMS: ridicule, derision, scorn, odium

anathema

SYNONYMS: malediction, imprecation, abomination

ANTONYMS: benediction, blessing

astute

SYNONYMS: shrewd, acute, sagacious, judicious, wily

ANTONYMS: obtuse, doltish, empty-headed, dumb

avarice

SYNONYMS: cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness

culpable

SYNONYMS: guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy

ANTONYMS: blameless, innocent, laudable, meritorious

dilatory

SYNONYMS: stalling, slow, tardy, laggard

ANTONYMS: prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious

egregious

SYNONYMS: glaring, flagrant, blatant

ANTONYMS: unnoticeable, paltry, piddling

equivocate

SYNONYMS: to talk out of both sides of one's mouth, palter, hedge

ANTONYMS: to speak one's mind plainly

evanescent

SYNONYMS: ephemeral, transient, transitory

ANTONYMS: everlasting, immortal, imperishable

irresolute

SYNONYMS: indecisive, vacillating, wavering

ANTONYMS: determined, decisive, unwavering

nebulous

SYNONYMS: hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, vague, murky, opaque, indeterminate

ANTONYMS: definite, distinct, clear, sharply focused

novice

SYNONYMS: neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice

ANTONYMS: veteran, past master, pro, expert

penury

SYNONYMS: destitution, want, indigence

ANTONYMS: affluence, abundance, luxury, opulence

pretentious

SYNONYMS: inflated, ostentatious, affected

ANTONYMS: unassuming, unaffected, modest

recapitulate

SYNONYMS: review, summarize, sum up, go over

resuscitate

SYNONYMS: revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivate

slovenly

SYNONYMS: unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax

ANTONYMS: neat, tidy, careful, meticulous

supposition

SYNONYMS: assumption, presumption, hypothesis

torpid

SYNONYMS: sluggish, lethargic, otiose, languid

ANTONYMS: energetic, dynamic, vigorous