awry

Syn: crooked, askew, amiss

Ant: straight, symmetrical

bludgeon

Syn: cudgel; clobber, clout

Ant: (none)

chafe

Syn: irritate, scrape, abrade

Ant: soothe, mollify, please, elate

dire

Syn: disastrous, ominous, sinister, urgent

Ant: favorable, auspicious, beneficial

encroach

Syn: intrude, infringe

Ant: (none)

fend

Syn: stave off, cope

Ant: (none)

mien

Syn: look, bearing

Ant: (none)

predominant

Syn: chief, major, paramount, prevalent

Ant: secondary, minor, subsidiary, rare

recluse

Syn: hermit

Ant: (none)

apt

Syn: appropriate, fit, liable

Ant: inappropriate, slow

capitulate

Syn: (none)

Ant: hold out, persist

defile

Syn: pollute, contaminate

Ant: cleanse, purify

disarming

Syn: endearing, winning

Ant: alarming, troubling, disquieting

disgruntled

Syn: displeased, grumpy, surly

Ant: pleased, satisfied, content

endow

Syn: grant, bestow, present, bequeath 

Ant: take away, deprive

impunity

Syn: exemption from penalty, immunity

Ant: (none)

pertinent

Syn: germane, apropos

Ant: unrelated, irrelevant, immaterial

prodigy

Syn: marvel, wonder, genius

Ant: (none)

renown

Syn: reputation, celebrity, prestige, notoriety

Ant: obscurity, infamy