Vocab Unit 10: Synonyms and Antonyms
shambles
a mess, disaster area, a slaughterhouse (synonyms)
foible
a person's strong suit, forte, a virtue (antonyms)
concatenation
a series, sequence, conjunction (synonyms)
foible
a shortcoming, failing, flaw, defect, quirk (synonyms)
obtuse
acute, perceptive, quick-witted (antonyms)
luminous
radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous (synonyms)
penitent
remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry (synonyms)
charlatan
the real McCoy, genuine article (antonyms)
rebuff
to accept, take someone up on, welcome (antonyms)
forgo
to do without, refrain from, renounce (synonyms)
oscillate
to fluctuate, waver, vibrate, vacillate (synonyms)
inure
to harden, accustom, acclimate (synonyms)
forgo
to indulge in, partake of (antonyms)
cavil
to nitpick, quibble, carp (synonyms)
decimate
to ravage, wreak havoc, devastate (synonyms)
oscillate
to remain fixed, steady, or constant (antonyms)
reconnoiter
to scout, see how the land lies (synonyms)
rebuff
to spurn, repulse, reject, a setback (synonyms)
attenuate
to thicken, to strengthen, bolster (antonyms)
attenuate
to thin out, dilute, water down (synonyms)
penitent
unrepentant, remorseless, uncontrite (antonyms)
fraught
a devoid of, lacking, deficient in (antonyms)
charlatan
a fraud, quack, mountebank, impostor (synonyms)
obsequious
assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent (antonyms)
concomitant
attendant, accompanying, corollary (synonyms)
benign
benevolent, salutary, salubrious (synonyms)
sporadic
constant, steady, continuous, uninterrupted (antonyms)
luminous
dark, opaque, dim, murky (antonyms)
askance
distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically (synonyms)
obtuse
dull-witted, stupid, dumb, thick, mild (synonyms)
obsequious
fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed (synonyms)
fraught
full of, loaded with, charged with (synonyms)
peremptory
high-handed, dictatorial, unconditional (synonyms)
sporadic
irregular, intermittent, spasmodic (synonyms)
peremptory
irresolute, tentative, mild, unassuming (antonyms)
benign
malignant, malevolent, deleterious (antonyms)