Vocabulary List 5 (Synonyms and Antonyms)
recant
synonym: abjure, forswear, renounce, retract antonym: adopt, assert, espouse, maintain, own
edify
synonym: advance, benefit, forward, further, uplift antonym: cast down, debase, degrade, hinder, impede
disseminate
synonym: circulate, diffuse, propagate, radiate, spread antonym: conceal, hide, secrete, withhold
adulterate
synonym: contaminate, debase, pervert, pollute, vitiate antonym: cleanse, decontimate, purge, purify, refine
repudiate
synonym: decline, refuse, reject, spurn 2. disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown antonym: accept, adopt, choose, embrace 2. acknowledge, allow, avow, claim, own
construe
synonym: deduce, explicate, expound, infer antonym: confuse, miscontrue, misinterpret, obscure
disperse
synonym: dispel, dissipate, scatter antonym: assemble, collect(things), congregate (persons)
saturate
synonym: drench, steep, waterlog; imbue, infuse, inoculate antonym: dehydrate, drain, extract; deplete, effuse, impoverish
prevaricate
synonym: equivocate, fi, lie, palter, quibble
scintillate
synonym: flash, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, sparkle, twinkle
sequester
synonym: insulate, isolate, seclude antonym: associate, connect, join, relate
reverberate
synonym: rebound, recoil, repercuss, resile
