Ap lit

  1.  Ancillary - adjective - Subordinate or supplementary 

    1.  noun -  Person whose work provides necessary support to the primary activities of an organization, institution, or industry.

Synonyms - auxiliary, accessory 

Antonyms - primary, principal, main

  1.  Bowdlerize - verb - To remove material considered offensive (from a book, play etc)

Synonyms - purge, expurgate

  1.  Condescend - verb - To come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner

  1.  Cozen - verb - To trick; to cheat or swindle 

Synonyms -  dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle

  1.  Enclave - noun - An enclosed district, region or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character

  1.  Forte - noun - A person’s strong point; what a person does best

Synonyms:  gift, aptitude, specialty  

Antonyms:  weakness, foible

  1.  Gratis - adjective - Free

    1. adverb - Without charge

  2.  Icon - noun - A representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion

  1.  Interstice - noun - A small, narrow space between things or parts of things

Synonyms:  gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna

  1.  Macrocosm - noun - The universe considered as a whole

Synonyms:  cosmos, entirety  

Antonyms:  model, miniature, microcosm

  1.  Mountebank - noun - A trickster or swindler 

Synonyms:  impostor 

Antonyms:  dupe

  1.  Paean - noun - A song of praise, joy or triumph  

Synonyms:  ode, anthem  

Antonyms:  dirge, elegy, threnody

  1.  Persiflage - noun - Lighthearted joking, talk or writing  

Synonyms:  banter, jesting, badinage

  1.  Plethora - noun - Bverfullness; superabundance; superfluity 

Synonyms:  surplus, glut, excess  

Antonyms:  shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity

  1.  Pragmatic - adjective - Concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; 

  1.  Quizzical - adjective - Puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal 

Synonym:  peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive  

Antonyms:  unequivocal, unambiguous

  1.  Rapacity - noun - Inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one’s desires by force, extortion or plunder  

Synonyms:  avarice, cupidity, voraciousness  

Antonyms:  liberality, altruism

  1.  Schism - noun - A formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions 

  Synonyms: rift   

Antonyms:  reconciliation

  1.  Therapeutic - adjective - Having the power to heal or cure; beneficial  

Synonyms: salutary, salubrious  

Antonyms:  harmful, injurious, deleterious

  1.  Virtuoso - noun - A brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique  

    1. adjective - masterly or brilliant  

Synonyms:  (n) expert, prodigy 

Antonyms:  (n) amateur, beginner