Vocab. Unit 7 Synonyms/Antonyms

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vulnerable

(antonym) invincible, protected, safe, secure

redoubtable

(antonym) laughable, risible, contemptible

austere

(antonym) mild, indulgent; luxurious; flamboyant

crass

(antonym) refined, elegant, tasteful, polished; brilliant

cadaverous

(antonym) robust, portly; rosy, the picture of health

beneficent

(antonym) selfish, cruel; harmful, deleterious

grandiose

(antonym) simple, modest, unaffected, humble

mitigate

(antonym) to aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate

prate

(antonym) to come to the point, not waste words

desist

(antonym) to continue, proceed, prolong, resume

debase

(antonym) to elevate, uplift, improve, enhance

reprove

(antonym) to praise, commend, laud, pat on the back

disconcert

(antonym) to relax, calm, put at ease

desecrate

(antonym) to revere, honor, venerate, consecrate

stalwart

(antonym) weak, infirm; irresolute, vacillating

punctilious

(antonym) careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory

inconsequential

(antonym) important, essential, crucial, vital

stipend

(synonym) a salary, wage, allowance, emolument

infraction

(synonym) a violation, transgression, breach, offense

restitution

(synonym) compensation, reimbursement, redress; restoration

cadaverous

(synonym) corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly

crass

(synonym) crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish; obtuse

vulnerable

(synonym) defenseless, exposed, unguarded

austere

(synonym) forbidding, rigorous; puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued

redoubtable

(synonym) formidable, fearsome, awesome; august

beneficent

(synonym) humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable

grandiose

(synonym) majestic; bombastic, highfalutin

punctilious

(synonym) precise, scrupulous, exacting; fussy, finicky

stalwart

(synonym) sturdy, stout; intrepid, valiant; a mainstay

prate

(synonym) to chatter, prattle, blab, babble, palaver

debase

(synonym) to cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate

reprove

(synonym) to chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach

concoct

(synonym) to create, fashion, fabricate; to rustle up

mitigate

(synonym) to lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish

desecrate

(synonym) to profane, defile, violate

pillage

(synonym) to ravage, sack, loot; booty

desist

(synonym) to stop, discontinue, refrain, suspend

disconcert

(synonym) to upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb

inconsequential

(synonym) trivial, negligible, petty, trifling


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