2nd 9 Weeks Synonyms

abstemious

 abstinent, restrained 

 admonish

Warn rebuke, censure, notify,jog, scold

antiquity

Oldness

 censure

denounce, reprehend, reprobate(verb) 

chasten

 admonish, castigate, chastise, chide, rebuke, reproach 

 debunk

 disprove, disparage, expose, uncloak 

defile

contaminate, taint 

embroil

 convolute, derange, encumber, mire, muddle 

exorcise

cast out, dismiss, expel, purge, purify 

 fortuitous

 arbitrary, haphazard, incidental, providential, serendipitous 

garner 

accumulate, amass, harvest, reap, stockpile 

 humility

 demureness, diffidence, meekness, passiveness, submissiveness 

larceny

 theft 

parch

blister, dehydrate, desiccate, evaporate, scorch, sear  

parry

anticipate, dodge, elude, preclude, rebuff, repulse, shun 

porous

 absorbent, penetrable, permeable, pervious, spongy 

precipitate

accelerate, advance, expedite, hasten, quicken, trigger 

ratify

approve, certify, confirm, endorse, sanction, substantiate, validate 

rupture

breach, cleavage, fissure, herniation, schism 

 taper

 diminish, fade, lessen, narrow, reduce, thin  

arduous

hard,toilsome, onerous,wearisome

belligerent

bellicose, pugnacious, combative, contentious, quarrelsome

desecrate

defile,befoul, dishonor,ravage

diffuse

broadcast, extend, propagate

dispatch

haste, expediency

dupe

beguile,chicane, defraud,hoodwink,misled,swindle, victimize

expurgate

cleanse, decontaminate, purge,sanitize, sterilize

flout

scoff,jeer,gibe,sneer,mock, insult

galling

aggravating,chafing, exasperating, harassing, vexing

guileless

candid, Frank,genuine, sincere,unaffected

hackneyed

threadbare

loquacious

garrulous, voluble

luscious

delicious, detectable, flavorsome,lush, palatable,savory, scrumptious, succulent

mollify

conciliate, pacify, placate, propitiate

reconcile

appease,assuage, conciliate, pacify,rectify

sagacious

astute, perspicacious

solicitous

anxious, apprehensive, earnest, uneasy

succulent

luscious,lush, moist, mouthwatering, pulpy

tempestuous

agitated,blustery, impassioned, raging, squally, unbridled

utility

advantageousness, applicability, efficacy, function, relevance