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Abate
(verb)
decrease, decline, de-escalate, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane
ab·di·cate
(verb)
abnegate, cede, relinquish, renounce, resign, step aside (from), step down (from), surrender
Aberrant
(adj)
abnormal, deviant, exceptional, aberrated, anomalous, atypical, especial, exceeding, extraordinaire, extraordinary, freak, odd, peculiar, phenomenal, preternatural, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted
Abhor
(v)
detest, regard with disgust, hate, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, loathe
Abjure
(v)
give up, renounce; repudiate, recant, or shun (especially formally or under oath), abnegate, forswear (also foreswear), recant, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw
Abrasive
(adj)
rough, suitable for grinding or polishing (such as sandpaper); causing irritation or annoyance, annoying, aggravating, bothersome, carking, chafing, disturbing, exasperating, frustrating, galling, irksome, irritating, maddening, nettlesome, nettling, peeving, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, pesty, plaguey (also plaguy), rankling, rebarbative, riling, vexatious, vexing
Abridge
(v)
reduce or lessen; shorten by omitting parts throughout while retaining the main idea, abbreviate, shorten, curtail, cut back, dock, elide, syncopate, truncate
Abstain
(v)
hold back, refrain (especially from something bad or unhealthy); decline to vote
Government & Politics terms
Acme
(n)
summit, peak, highest point, height, apex, apogee, capstone, climax, crescendo, crest, crown, culmination, head, high noon, high tide, high-water mark, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, noontime, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, tip-top, top, zenith
Activism
(n)
Adhere
(v)
stick, cleave, cling, hew
Admonish
v
rebuke, chide, reprimand, reproach, reprove, tick off
Adverse
adj
counter, disadvantageous, hostile, inimical, negative, prejudicial, unfavorable, unfriendly, unsympathetic, untoward
Advocate
(v, n)
v - support, back, champion, endorse (also indorse), patronize, plump (for), plunk (for) or plonk (for)
n - exponent, advocator, apostle, backer, booster, champion, expounder, espouser, friend, gospeler (or gospeller), herald, hierophant, high priest, paladin, promoter, proponent, protagonist, supporter
Aesthetic
(adj, n)
adj - lovely, lovesome, pretty, ravishing, seemly, sightly, stunning, taking, well-favored
Other Fine Art Terms
Affable
(adj)
easygoing, breezy, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, laid-back, low-pressure, mellow
Affectation
(n)
pretense, affectedness, grandiosity, inflation, pretension, pretentiousness
Aggrandize
(v)
exalt, canonize, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnify
Aggregate
(v, adj)
v- add up (to), amount (to), come (to), count (up to), number, sum (to or into), total
Alacrity
(n)
amenability, gameness, goodwill, obligingness, willingness
Alienate
(v)
alien, estrange, disaffect, disgruntle, sour
Alleviate
(v)
allay, help, assuage, ease, mitigate, mollify, palliate, relieve, soothe
Ambiguous
(adj)
inexplicable,obscure, arcane, cryptic, dark, deep, Delphic, double-edged, elliptical (or elliptic), enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, fuliginous, inscrutable, murky, mysterious, mystic, nebulous, occult, opaque
Ambivalent
(adj)
Other Psychologial Term
Analogous
(adj)
akin, alike, cognate, comparable, connate, correspondent, corresponding, ditto, like, matching, parallel, resemblant, resembling, similar, such, suchlike
Anarchy
(n)
lawlessness, misrule
Anoint
(v)
smear, bedaub, besmear, daub
Anomaly
(n)
aberration, abnormality, exception, oddity, oddment, rarity
Antagonize
(v)
embitter, empoison, envenom
Apathy
(n)
affectlessness, emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, insensibility, numbness, phlegm, indifference
Apocryphal
(adj)
Other Bible Terms
Arcane
(adj)
abstruse, profound, deep, esoteric, hermetic (also hermetical), recondite
Archaic
(adj)
antiquated, obsolete, dated, démodé, demoded, fossilized, kaput (also kaputt), medieval (also mediaeval), moribund, mossy, moth-eaten, neolithic, Noachian, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, outworn, passé, prehistoric (also prehistorical), rusty, Stone Age, superannuated
Arduous
(adj)
hard, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill
Articulate
(adj, verb)
Adj - eloquent, fluent, silver-tongued, well-spoken
Verb - enunciate
Artifact
(n)
Archaeology Terms
Artless
(adj)
guileless, genuine, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), natural, real, simple, sincere, true, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious
Ascertain
(v)
discover, catch on (to), find out, get on (to), hear, learn, realize, see, wise (up)
Ascetic
(adj, n)
Assuage
(v)
allay, alleviate, help, ease, mitigate, mollify, palliate, relieve, soothe
Audacious
(adj)
arch, nervy, bold, bold-faced, brash, brassbound, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, sassy, saucy, wise
Augment
(v)
accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, increase, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, multiply, pump up, raise, swell, stoke, supersize, up
Austere
(adj)
severe, authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, stern, strict, tough
Autonomous
(adj)
free, freestanding, independent, self-governed, self-governing, self-ruling, separate, sovereign (also sovran)
Aver
(v)
affirm, allege, assert, claim, avouch, avow, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess, protest, purport, warrant
Avid
(adj)
acquisitive, avaricious, greedy, coveting, covetous, grabby, grasping, mercenary, moneygrubbing, rapacious
Balk
(v)
baffle, frustrate, beat, checkmate, discomfit, foil, thwart
Base
(adj)
ignoble, contemptible, currish, despicable, detestable, dirty, dishonorable, execrable, ignominious, low, low-down, low-minded, mean, nasty, paltry, snide, sordid, vile, wretched
Belie
(v)
misrepresent
Benign
(adj)
anodyne, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe, white
Bogus
(adj)
artificial, imitation, dummy, ersatz, factitious, fake, false, faux, imitative, man-made, mimic, mock, pretend, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic
Bolster
(v)
bear, support, brace, buttress, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold
Boor
(n)
bastard, beast, bleeder, swine, toad, varmint, vermin
Buffer
(n)
cushion, gentle, soften
Bureaucracy
(n)
Other Government and Politics Terms
Burgeon
(v)
accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, increase (also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax
Buttress
(v, n)
V - bear, bolster, brace, support, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold
N - anchor, dependence, mainstay, pillar, reliance, standby
Bygone
(adj, n)
extinct, bypast, dead, defunct, departed, done, expired, gone, nonextant, vanished
Cacophony
(n)
babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, brawl, bruit [archaic], noise, chatter, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), din, discordance, katzenjammer, racket, rattle, roar
Candid
(adj)
frank, direct, forthcoming, forthright, foursquare, freehearted, free-spoken, honest, open, openhearted, out-front, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, straight, straightforward, unguarded, unreserved, up-front
Other Christian Terms
Canonical
(adj)
Capricious
(adj)
fickle, changeable, changeful, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, skittish, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile
Cartography
(n)
Castigate
(v)
baste, bawl out, berate, call down, scold, chastise, chew out, dress down, flay, hammer, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lecture, rag, rail (at or against), rant (at), rate, ream (out), rebuke, reprimand, reproach, score, tongue-lash, upbraid
Catalyze
(n)
beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, effect, cause, create, do, draw on, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield
Caustic
(adj)
acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, sarcastic, corrosive, cutting, mordant, pungent, sardonic, satiric (or satirical), scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart
Censure
(n, v)
n - commination, condemnation, denunciation, excoriation, objurgation, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, riot act, stricture
V - condemn, denounce, objurgate, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, bring to account, call to account
Chauvinism
(n)
jingoism, nationalism, superpatriotism
Chronological
(adj)
Clamor
(v)
howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, roar, tumult, uproar, vociferation
Clinch
(v)
decide, determine, nail, settle
Coalesce
(v)
associate, unite, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unify
Cogent
(adj)
compelling, conclusive, convincing, decisive, effective, forceful, persuasive, satisfying, strong, telling
Commensurate
(adj)
commensurable, proportional, proportionate
Complacent
(adj)
apathetic, casual, indifferent, disinterested, incurious, insensible, insouciant, nonchalant, perfunctory, pococurante, unconcerned, uncurious, uninterested
Complementary
(adj)
correlative, reciprocal, supplemental, supplementary
Compliant
(adj)
amenable, biddable, obedient, conformable, docile, law-abiding, submissive, tractable
Concede
(v)
acknowledge, agree, allow, admit, confess, fess (up), grant, own (up to)
Conciliatory
(adj)
accommodate, attune, harmonize, conform, coordinate, key, reconcile
Concur
(v)
coincide, agree
Condone
(v)
blink (at), brush (aside or off), excuse, discount, disregard, forgive, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, overlook, overpass, paper over, pardon, pass over, remit, shrug off, whitewash, wink (at)
Confer
(v)
accord, award, grant, vest
Connoisseur
(n)
cognoscente, dilettante
Console
(v, n)
n - buffet, closet, cabinet, cupboard, hutch, locker, press, sideboard
V - assure, cheer, comfort, reassure, solace, soothe
Consolidate
(v)
center, compact, concenter, concentrate, centralize, polarize, unify, unite
Constrict
(v)
compress, condense, contract, shrink
Construe
(v)
clarify, clear (up), explain, demonstrate, demystify, elucidate, explicate, expound, get across, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, simplify, spell out, unriddle
Contentious
(adj)
aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, belligerent, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike
Contextualize
(v)
Conundrum
(n)
closed book, mystery, enigma, head-scratcher, mystification, puzzle, puzzlement, riddle, secret
Converge
(v)
cluster, collect, concenter, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, convene, assemble, forgather (or foregather), gather, meet, rendezvous
Conversant
(adj)
abreast, acquainted, au courant, familiar, informed, knowledgeable, up, up-to-date, versed, well-informed
Conversely
(adv)
Convoluted
(adj)
baroque, byzantine, complicate, complicated, complex, daedal, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, knotty, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, sophisticated, tangled
Copious
(adj)
profuse, galore, gushing, lavish, riotous
Corroborate
(v)
argue, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, substantiate, support, validate, verify, vindicate
Cosmopolitan
(adj)
worldly–wise, smart, sophisticated, worldly
Countenance
(n, v)
N - cast, look, expression, face, visage
v - accept, care (for), approve (of), favor, OK (or okay), subscribe (to)
Counterintuitive
(adj)
Counterpoint
(n)
Other Music Term
Counterproductive
(adj)
ineffective, feckless, hamstrung, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inexpedient
Covert
(adj)
cloistered, secluded, hidden, isolated, quiet, remote, retired, secret, sheltered
Crafty
(adj)
beguiling, cagey (also cagy), artful, cunning, cute, designing, devious, dodgy [chiefly British], foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, subtle, tricky, wily
Craven
(adj)
chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, cowardly, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow
Credibility
(n)
actability, affability, arability, audibility, bankability, bearability, biddability, breathability, brushability, capability,
Credulous
(adj)
Crescendo
(n)
acme, apex, apogee, capstone, climax, height, crest, crown, culmination, head, high noon, high tide, high-water mark, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, noontime, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, tip-top, top, zenith
Culminate
(v)
cap (off), climax, crown
Cynical
(adj)
misanthropic, pessimistic
Daunt
(v)
chill, discourage, demoralize, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, frustrate, unman, unnerve
Debase
(v)
abase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, lessen, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, vitiate, warp
Debunk
(v)
belie, confound, confute, disprove, disconfirm, discredit, falsify, rebut, refute, shoot down
Decorous
(adj)
befitting, correct, decent, proper, de rigueur, genteel, nice, polite, respectable, seemly
Deem
(v)
allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], conceive, consider, believe, esteem, feel, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, reckon [chiefly dialect], suppose, think
Deface
(v)
vandalize, trash
Default
(n, v)
N - failure, delinquency, dereliction, misprision, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance, oversight
Deference
(n)
acquiescence, biddability, compliancy, compliance, docility, obedience, submissiveness
Deflect
(v)
turn, divert, redirect, swing, veer, wheel, whip
Deleterious
(adj)
adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, harmful, detrimental, evil, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked
Delineate
(v)
define, outline, silhouette, sketch, trace
Denigrate
(v)
bad-mouth, belittle, cry down, decry, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, diminish, dis (also diss) [slang], discount, dismiss, disparage, kiss off, minimize, play down, poor-mouth, put down, run down, talk down, trash, trash-talk, vilipend, write off
Denote
(v)
mean, express, import, intend, signify, spell
Deride
(v)
ridicule, gibe (or jibe), jeer, laugh (at), mock, scout, shoot down, skewer
Derivative
(adj)
secondary, secondhand, by-product, derivate, derivation, offshoot, outgrowth, spin-off
Detached
(adj)
aloof, antisocial, asocial, buttoned-up, cold, cold-eyed, cool, distant, dry, frosty, offish, remote, standoff, standoffish, unbending, unclubbable, unsociable
Deterrent
(n)
Diatribe
(n)
tirade, harangue, jeremiad, philippic, rant
Didactic
(adj)
sermonic, homiletic (or homiletical), moralistic, moralizing, preachy, sententious
Digress
(v)
Din
(n)
babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, brawl, bruit [archaic], cacophony, chatter, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), noise, discordance, katzenjammer, racket, rattle, roar
Disabuse
(v)
disillusion, disenchant, undeceive
Discerning
(adj)
wise, insightful, perceptive, prudent, sagacious, sage, sapient
Discredit
(v)
abase, chasten, cheapen, debase, degrade, demean, humble, disgrace, dishonor, foul, humiliate, lower, shame, sink, smirch, take down
Discrepancy
(n)
contrast, disagreement, difference, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diverseness, diversity, otherness, unlikeness
Discriminating
(adj)
differential, discriminatory, discriminational, discriminative
Disingenuous
(adj)
Disinterested
(adj)
apathetic, casual, complacent, indifferent, incurious, insensible, insouciant, nonchalant, perfunctory, pococurante, unconcerned, uncurious, uninterested
Disjointed
(adj)
choppy, disconnected, incoherent, unconnected
Dismiss
(v)
ax (or axe), bounce, can, cashier, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate, turn off, send packing, show (one) the door
Dispassionate
(adj)
candid, disinterested, fair, equal, equitable, evenhanded, impartial, indifferent, just, nonpartisan, objective, square, unbiased, unprejudiced
Dispatch
(n, v)
consign, send, pack (off), ship, shoot, transfer, transmit, transport
Disperse
(v)
disassemble, dissipate, dissolve, scatter
Disposition
(n)
grain, nature, temper, temperament
Disquieting
(adj)
agitate, ail, alarm (also alarum), bother, concern, derail, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disturb, distemper, distract, distress, exercise, flurry, frazzle, freak (out), fuss, hagride, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weird out, worry
Disseminate
(v)
broadcast, circulate, spread, propagate
Dissent
(v, n)
v - differ, disagree, nonconcur
n - conflict, disaccord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony,
Dissonance
(n)
conflict, disaccord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dissension (also dissention), dissent, dissidence, discord, disunion, disunity, division, friction, infighting, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, war, warfare
Distill
(v)
drip (also distil), dribble, drop, trickle
Diverge
(v)
detour, deviate, turn, sheer, swerve, swing, turn off, veer, wheel
Divest
(v)
deprive dispossess unclothe
Divine
(v)
Allah God ambrosial anticipate beautiful celestial clergyman cleric conjecture deific deiform deify deity delightful detect
Document
(v)
brevet certificate charta charter commission diploma dogma evidence handwriting instruction
Dogma
(n)
doctrine opinion proposition tenet
Dormant
(adj)
asleep inactive quiescent unerect
Dubious
(adj)
doubtful doubting equivocal questionable uncertain undetermined unsettled
Eccentric
(adj)
abnormal anomalous bizarre crank cranky crocheteer curiosity decentered eccentrical elliptic erratic excentrical fantastic guy hobbyist
Eclectic
(adj)
choosing heterogeneous selecting
Eclipse
(n, v)
cloud darken darkness gloom obscuration obscure outshine sully
Efficacy
(n)
effectiveness efficacity efficiency energy force potency virtue
Egalitarian
(adj)
equalitarian, democratic
Egregious
(adj)
extraordinary outrageous surpassing conspicuous
Elated
(adj)
animated ecstatic elate euphoric exalted exhilarated exultant flushed glad inflated joyful jubilant overjoyed puffed-up swollen
Elevate
(v)
advanced aggrandize animate cheer cheer up dignify disparage elate elevated ennoble erect exalt excite flush heighten
Elicit
(v)
call call out draw draw forth draw out educe elicited evident evoke expiscate extort extract fetch open pump wrest wring
Eloquent
(adj)
Ciceronian articulate facund oratorical well-spoken
Embellish
(v)
adorn beautify bedeck deck decorate emblaze emblazon enrich garnish grace illustrate ornament prettify vary
Eminent
(adj)
celebrated conspicuous distinguished elevated exalted famous high illustrious lofty prominent remarkable renowned towering well-known
Empirical
(adj)
a posteriori, confirmable, data-based ,existential, experiential, experimenta,l falsifiable, observational, semiempirical, trial-and-error, verifiable,
Emulate
(v)
add up (to), come (to), correspond (to), amount (to), equal
Enervate
debilitate devitalize emasculate enfeeble paralyze soften unnerve weak weaken weakened
Enhance
(v)
advance advanced aggravate augment exaggerate exalt heighten improve increase intensify
Enigma
(n)
mystery puzzle question riddle
Entitlement
(n)
claim title
Enumerate
(v)
calculate compute count detail estimate mention number recapitulate reckon recount
Ephemeral
(adj)
diurnal ephemeron evanescent fleeting fugitive fungous momentary mushroom occasional short
Equitable
(adj)
candid fair honest impartial just reasonable right upright
Erratic
(adj)
abnormal bowlder capricious changeable eccentric irregular moving odd queer rogue
Erroneous
(adj)
devious errant erring fallacious false incorrect misguided misleading misled mistaken
Erudite
(adj)
learne learned scholarly
Eschew
(v)
avoid shun
Esoteric
(adj)
acroamatic arcane cerebral confidential esoterics interior private recondite secretive select
Estimable
(adj)
admirable adorable creditable precious respectable valuable worshipful
Eulogy
(n)
applause approval encomium eulogism eulogium monody panegyric praise
Exacerbate
(v)
exasperate irritate
Exacting
(adj)
exactive extortionary extortive fastidious harsh meticulous
Exculpate
(v)
absolve acquit clear disculpate excuse exonerate justify pardon vindicate
Exhaustive
(adj)
complete emptying full thorough
Explicit
(adj)
clear express manifest open outspoken overt plain positive raunchy unambiguous
Exponent
(n)
adherent admirer advocate biographer champion critic defender disciple educator embodiment
Extraneous
(adj)
additional alien extra foreign intrusive superfluous
Extrapolate
(v)
calculate cipher compute conclude cypher deduce deduct derive figure infer
Facetious
(adj)
funny humorous jocular merry sportive witty
Facilitate
(v)
aid ease
Fallacious
(ad)
absurd deceptive delusive erroneous illogical misleading
Fanatical
(adj)
ardent bigoted impetuous insane irrational lawless obstinate passionate perverse religious
Fanciful
(adj)
capricious chimerical conceited crotchety curious fantasied fantasque fantastic fantastical ideal
Fathom
(v)
brace explore fathom out figure out penetration profundity puzzle out reach sound span understand work out
Feasible
(adj)
achievable doable possible practicable workable
Fidelity
(n)
faith faithfulness fealty honesty integrity loyalty veracity
Figurative
(adj)
florid flowery representative typical
Finesse
(n, v)
acumen adroitness artifice boldness cleverness deceit decorum delicacy dexterity diplomacy
Flag
(v)
languish layer pendant pennant pennon pine raven slab standard streamer switch tricolor union
Fleeting
(adj)
ephemeral evanescent transient transistor transitory
Foment
(v)
abet bathe embrocate encourage fomentation foster instigate
Foreshadow
(v)
adumbrate antitype foreshow indicate prefigure presage shadow signify
Forfeit
(v)
capitulate deodand escheat fine forfeiture forgo injury lost mischief mulct
Fortify
(v)
battle brace brandy confirm countermure counterscrap embattle encourage entrench fence
Fringe
(n, adj)
bang bangs border bullion confine edge edging fimbria fimbriate fimbriation
Frugal
(adj)
abstemious chary cheap economical saving sparing thrifty œconomical
Futile
(adj)
fruitless idle ineffectual loquacious talkative tattling trivial unavailing useless vain
Gainsay
(v)
contradict controvert deny dispute forbid
Garrulous
(adj)
bombastic chatty loquacious noisy rambling talkative tonguey wordy
Gauche
(adj)
awkward crude gawky graceless tactless twisted unpolished unsophisticated warped winding
Gawky
(adj)
awkward clumsy gauche ungraceful
Germane
(adj)
apt germanium tetrahydride germanomethane monogermane on-topic pertinent relevant
Gist
(n)
basis ground reason
Glib
(adj)
castrate emasculate flippant fluent geld slippery smooth voluble
Goosebumps
(n)
chill bumps cutis anserina goose flesh goose pimples
Gradation
(n)
degree rank series
adaptation complexity diversity harmony inflection
Gregarious
(adj)
outgoing sociable social
Guile
(n)
artifice craft deceit deceitfulness deception duplicity treachery wile
Hackneyed
(adj)
banal clichéd commonplace shopworn stock threadbare timeworn tired trite unoriginal
Hardy
(adj)
barely bold brave compact confident daring enduring firm harshly intrepid
Haven
(adj)
asylum harbor port refuge sanctuary shelter zoar
Hearken
(v)
attend hear heed inquire listen
Hedonist
(n)
sensualist Epicureanism Sybarite assome bargee blasphemers
Heterogeneous
(adj)
dissimilar diverse diversified hybrid hybridous indiscriminate miscellaneous mixed omnigenous unhomogeneous
Hierarchy
(n)
organisation organization series architecture aristocracy attribute boundary classification
Hodgepodge
(n)
farrago hotchpotch melange mingle-mangle mishmash mixture oddments odds and ends omnium-gatherum ragbag
Homogeneous
(adj)
alike congruous consubstantial like same similar uniform unigenous
Hyperbole
(n)
exaggeration overstatement
Idiosyncrasy
(n)
eccentricity idiocrasy peculiarit
Illiberality
(n)
meanness niggardliness
Imminent
(adj)
at hand immediate impendent impending inevitable instant menacing near perilous threatening
Impair
(v)
blemish break crush damage debase debilitate decline decrease deface deteriorate
Impartial
(adj)
disinterested dispassionate equal equitable even fair indifferent just unbiased unpassionate
Impede
(v)
hinder obstruct
Implication
(n)
assumption complication comprehension comprisal connotation inference interlacing involution involvement meaning
Implicit
(adj)
complete complicated entangled implied infolded inherent intrinsic involved trustful unconditional
Implode
(v)
break cave in collapse fall in founder give give way
Inadvertent
(adj)
careless heedless inattentive negligent
Inasmuch
(adv)
as because for since
Incendiary
(adj)
agitator arsonist conflagrator dissentious exciter firer inflammatory seditious
Incentive
(n)
encouragement goad impelling incitement inciting incitive inducement influence instigation mainspring
Inchoate
(adj)
begin beginning elementary embryonic immature incipient incomplete initial nascent rudimentary
Incipient
(adj)
beginner beginning commencing elementary emerging inceptor initial starting
Incongruous
(adj)
absurd disagreeing grotesque improper inappropriate incongruent inconsistent inharmonious unconstituted unfit
Inconsequential
(adj)
inconsequent insignificant negligible trifling trivial unimportant
Incorporate
(v)
assimilate associated blend combined corporate embodied embody incorporated incorporeal spiritual
Indeterminate
(adj)
indefinite indeterminant uncertain
Indifferent
(adj)
Laodicean Spartan adiaphorist adiaphoristic adiaphorous apathetic calm careless cold cool disinterested distant dry dull easeful
Inform
(v)
acquaint advertize advise animate appear appraise apprise certify deformed dob enlighten fashion figure flag formless
Ingenuous
(adj)
artless candid fair frank freeborn generous high-minded honorable ingenious magnanimous
Ingrained
(adj)
atavistic deep-rooted habitual hereditary ill-concealed inborn incurable ineradicable inherent instinctive
Inherent
(adj)
essential immanent inalienable inborn inbred indispensable indwelling inexistent innate inseparable
Innocuous
(adj)
harmless innoxious
Intelligible
(adj)
clear comprehensible easy evident lucid manifest obvious open palpable perspicuous
Intractable
(adj)
contrarious cross crossgrained headstrong idocile impracticable indisciplinable irreconcilable mulish obstinate
Intrepid
(adj)
bold bolt brave courageous daring dauntless doughty fearless heroic resolute
Intrinsic
(adj)
essential genuine inherent innate internal inward natural real
Jargon
(n)
argot babel cant canting chinook dialect gibberish hegelese intalk shop
Jocular
(adj)
dismissive jesting jocose jokey merry silly; see also Wikisaurus:witty sportive unemotional
Judicious
(adj)
discerning discreet judgmatic judicial prudent rational sagacious sensible skillful well-advised
Juncture
(n)
alliance articulation combination concurrence conjunction contingency crisis emergency exigency joining
Keen
(adj)
acrimonious acute ardent biting bitter cutting delightful discerning eager fierce
Kudos
(n)
extol fame glorify glory praise renown
Lackluster
(adj)
bore dull mediocre
Laconic
(adj)
Brie brief brusque concise cruel laconian laconism pithy pointed sententious
Lament
(v, n)
bemoan bewail complain deplore lamentation moaning mourn regret sorrow wailing
Lampoon
(n, v)
defame lash libel satirize
Landmark
(n, adj)
boundary guide hoarstone mark meith mere merestone
Languid
(adj)
Lassitude
(n)
apathy debility faintness languor weariness
Laudable
(adj)
commendable healthful healthy normal praiseworthy salubrious
Lavish
(adj, v)
abundant bestow deluge excessive extravagant exuberant immoderate pour prodigal profuse
Layperson
(n)
layman
Levity
(n)
buoyancy fickleness flightiness frivolity inconsideration inconstancy lightness sportiveness thoughtlessness unsteadiness
Levy
(v, n)
Liberal
(adj, n)
Catholic abundant ample beneficent bounteous bountiful broad broad-minded broadish democratic discomisado eclectic free freethinker generous grit independent indifferent large latitudinarian
Libertine
(n)
Likewise
(adv)
Log
(v, n)
Loquacious
(adj)
Lucid
(adj)
Lull
(n, v)
Makeshift
(n, adj)
Malleable
(adj)
Maverick
(n)
Mendacious
(adj)
counterfeit false lying
Mercurial
(adj)
active changeable crafty fickle sprightly swift volatile
Meticulous
(adj)
careful fearful painstaking precise rigorous scrupulous timid
Metamorphosis
(n)
alteration biological process organic process revision transformation translation
Mitigate
(v)
allay alleviate ameliorate assuage check diminish ease lessen lighten meliorate
Modest
(adj)
bashful becoming boastless chaste coy decent decorous delicate demure diffident humble inobtrusive moderate quiet reserved
Mollify
(v)
calm comfort pacify qualify satisfy soften soothe
Monotony
(n)
drearihead drearihood dreariment dreariness humdrum monotone sameliness sameness
Moreover
(adv)
also besides du reste further furthermore likewise
Mores
(n)
customs habits
Mundane
(adj)
banal boring commonplace earthly everyday ordinary routine terrestrial workaday worldly
Naive
(adj)
artless credulous frank ingenuous
Nascent
(adj)
beginning emergent emerging evolving immature inchoate incipient young
Negate
(v)
demonstrate depart deviate differ disagree dissent diverge establish prove shew
Net
(adj, v)
bobbinet catch clear development drift ensnare entrap fabric flew flue
Nevertheless/Nonetheless
(adv)
at least however nonetheless notwithstanding still though yet
Notoriety
(n)
esclandre ill fame infamy notoriousness proverbialness
Novel
(adj)
fresh modern net new news novelty rare recent strange surprising
Nuance
(n)
ambiguity complexity cue diversity elaboration finesse gradation implication inflection interplay
Objective
(adj)
external extrinsic fair goal outward subjective unbiased unprejudiced
Obsequious
(adj)
abject compliant cringing devoted fawning funereal ingratiating kiss-ass obedient parasitic
Obsolete
(adj)
abortive ancient antiquated antique archaic dead demoted discarded disused exploded
Obstinate
(adj)
asinine bloody-minded bullish camelish cantankerous contumacious cussed dogged dour firm hard-hearted hardened headstrong heady immovable
Obviate
(v)
anticipate overcome
Occult
(n, adj, v)
concealed eclipse hide invisible secret unknown
Offhand
(adj)
ability abrupt act agency agent careless deed dexterity direction extemporaneous
Officious
(adj)
mpertinent kind meddlesome meddling obliging
Offset
(v, n)
balance branch counterpoise neutralize ornament set-off start
Onerous
(adj)
burdensome demanding difficult oppressive taxing wearing
Opaque
(adj)
blur cloud nontranslucent obscure opacity opacous unintelligible
Optimal/Optimum
(adj)
best ideal optimum
Orthodox
(adj)
Oscillate
(v)
sway swing vibrate
Outstrip
(v)
Overshadow
(v)
cloudy darken obscure
Paradigm
(n)
example exemplar model pattern world view worldview
Paradox
(n)
contradiction enigma juxtaposition koan puzzle quandary reverse psychology riddle shocker
Pariah
(n)
Partial
(adj)
Partisan
(adj, n)
staff party-spirited tendencious tendentious
Patent
(adj, n)
apparent conspicuous document evident expanded manifest open patented public right
Pathological
(adj)
morbid morbific pathologic
Patronizing
(adj)
condescending
Paucity
(n)
dearth exiguity fewness insufficiency rarity scantiness scarcity
Peccadillo
(n)
fault
Pedestrian
(adj)
Penchant
(n)
bias desire inclination
Perfidious
(adj)
diisloyal faithless teacherous traitorous treacherous unfaithful
Peripheral
(adj)
external peripheral device peripheric circumferential encircling fringy incident incidental
Permeate
(v)
pervade penetrate perforate undefined
Pervasive
(adj)
penetrating permeating pervading
Philanthropy
(n)
aid economic aid financial aid
Phony
(adj)
bogus counterfeit fake fraudulent hypocritical insincere
Pious
(adj)
devout dutiful godly obedient religious reverent reverential righteous
Pith
(n)
cord core decerebrize essence general tenor gist heart heart and soul importance inwardness kernel marrow meat medulla nitty-gritty
Placate
(v)
appease concilate mollify pacify satisfy
Placid
(adj)
calm contented gentle peaceful pleased quiet serene tranquil undisturbed unruffied
Plastic
(adj)
Think what has been done in plastic surgery, what is being done in what I call plastic psychology!
Plausible
(n)
bland colorable colored commendable fair-seeming fair-spoken praiseworthy ready smooth specious
Plummet
(v)
Bob dive drop fall lead plumb weight
Polarized
(adj)
Ponderous
(adj)
dull forcible heavy important labored massive momentous oppressive serious wanting weighty
Posthumous
(adj)
autobiographical best-known best-selling biographical enviable especial fictional forthcoming fulsome imperishable
Potentate
(n)
ruler swayer
Pragmatic
(adj)
busy down-to-earth functional material meddlesome officious philosophical practical realistic utilitarian
Pre-empt
(v)
acquire bid bidding call get replace supercede supersede supervene upon supplant
Preamble
(n)
introduction preface
Precarious
(adj)
doubtful dubious equivocal uncertain unsettled unsteady
Precursor
(n)
forerunner harbinger messenger omen predecessor sign
Predisposed
(adj)
susceptible
Presumptive
(adj)
arrogant assumed likely presumed presumptuous probable
Presumptuous
(adj)
arrogant assured audacious conceited foolhardy forward impudent insolent overconfident presuming
Pretentious
(adj)
arrogant assuming poseur presuming
Principled
(adj)
anti-abortion assertive charismatic clear-eyed clear-headed compassionate conducive conscientious courageous equitable
Pristine
(adj)
old original primeval primitive
Probity
(n)
decency godliness goodness honesty honor integrity rectitude saintliness uprightness virtue
Prodigal
(adj)
abundant extravagant generous lavish profuse spendthrift squandering wasteful waster
Prodigious
(adj)
Ruthian amazing astonishing colossal enormous extraordinary gigantic huge immense marvelous
Profligate
(adj)
abandoned abundant beaten conquered corrupt depraved dissipated dissipater dissolute extravagant
Profound
(adj)
abstruse abyss deep dense far-reaching intense learned low lowly overmastering
Profuse
(adj)
abundant bountiful excessive extravagant exuberant generous lavish prodigal squander superabundant
Prohibitive
(adj)
prohibitory preventative preventive
Proliferate
(v)
grow manifold multiply
Prologue
(n)
epilogue preface
Pronounced
(adj)
broad decided great unequivocal
Propriety
(n)
accuracy appropriateness becomingness bienseance biensèance chasteness correctness decency decorousness decorum
Prosaic
(adj)
boring commonplace dull prosy unimaginative uninteresting unpoetical
Proscribe
(v)
exile forbid interdict outlaw prohibit
Prospective
(adj)
future perspective prospect view
Prudent
(adj)
careful cautious chary circumspect considerate discreet economical frugal judicious provident
Pugnacious
(adj)
bellicose combative contentious fighting militant quarrelsome
Qualified
(adj)
able adapted competent eligible fit limited modified
Quandary
(n)
doubt perplexity predicament uncertainty
Quibble
(v)
cavil dispute equivocate evasion prevaricate prevarication pun shuffle squabble trifle
Quotidian
(adj)
daily trivial
Ranks
(n)
Reap
(v)
cut gain gather harvest obtain shave
Recluse
(n)
hermit reclusive seclude solitary
Refute
(v)
confute deny disprove gainsay reject repudiate
Relegate
(v)
assign attribute delegate depute designate expel kick out subject submit throw out
Remedial
(adj)
curative reparative
Render
(v)
contribute deliver furnish interpret pass payment render off requite restore return
Replete
(adj)
abounding abundant charged full plentiful stuffed
Reproach
(n, v)
abuse blame censure chide condemn contempt contumely discredit disgrace dishonor disrepute ignominy infamy insolence insult
Repudiate
(v)
disavow disclaim divorce reject renounce
Requite
(v)
compensate pay punish recompense remunerate repay retaliate return revenge reward
Rescind
(v)
Resolution
(n)
Resolve
(v, n)
Respectively
(adv)
Restive
(adj)