Unit 1 Antonyms and synonyms, sentences
stolid
Answer me! Quit being so ____________ and listen to me when I'm talking to you!
gibed
As he exited the theater, he was ___________ at by jealous critics; they said his acting was bad!
opulent
Donald Trump is best known for his ____________ lifestyle; he owns so many golf courses!
fortitude
He was admired the world over for his ______________ at the first sign of danger.
reiterate
Martin Luther King was known to ___________ his most famous line "I have a dream!" in the eponymous speech, when he performed it in 1963 in Washington DC.
bereft
My English neighbor, Mrs. Brown, was ______________ of her husband after 58 years of marriage in 2004; he had died at age 88.
guise
On Halloween, I went trick-or-treating in the _________ of my grandmother Jean.
deploy
The troops were ____________ into Iraq in 2001.
gape
They ___________ at the sight of a waterfall.
SYNONYMS: contaminate, pollute, sully ANTONYMS: purify, purge, expurgate
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "adulterate"?
SYNONYMS: versatile, facile ANTONYMS: clumsy, all thumbs, maladroit
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "ambidextrous?
SYNONYMS: enlarge, supplement, amplify ANTONYMS: decrease, diminish
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "augment"?
SYNONYMS: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine ANTONYMS: cheery, inviting, genial
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "dour"?
SYNONYMS: resolve, steadfastness, mettle ANTONYMS: fearfulness, timidity, faintheartedness
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "fortitude"?
SYNONMS: (v) ridicule, mock, jeer ANTONYMS: (n) compliment, praise
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "gibe"?
SYNONYMS: cunning, underhanded, perfidious ANTONYMS: frank, ingenious, aboveboard
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "insidious"?
SYNONYMS: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant ANTONYMS: poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "opulent"?
SYNONYMS: supple, adaptable, resilient ANTONYMS: rigid, inflexible, recalcitrant
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "pliable"?
SYNONYMS: impassive, inconclusive ANTONYMS: emotional, oversensitive, high-strung
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "stolid"?
SYNONYMS: provisional, inconclusive ANTONYMS: definite, conclusive, confirmed
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "tentative"?
SYNONYMS: sloppy, disheveled, disordered, rough ANTONYMS: well-groomed, tify, neat, natty
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "unkempt"?
SYNONYMS: (adj) exact; (adv) precisely ANTONYMS: (adj) paraphrased
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "verbatim"?
SYNONYMS: carefully, prudently, gingerly ANTONYMS: recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously
What are the synonyms and antonyms of "warily"?
SYNONYMS: station, organize
What are the synonyms of "deploy"?
SYNONYMS: gawk, ogle
What are the synonyms of "gape"?
SYNONYMS: costume, semblance, pretense
What are the synonyms of "guise"?
SYNONYMS: clue, indication, inkling
What are the synonyms of "intimation"?
SYNONYMS: restate, rehash, recapitulate
What are the synonyms of "reiterate"?
SYNONYM: bereaved ANTONYMS: replete, well provided
What is the synonym of "bereft"? Can you name its antonyms?
pliable
Wonder why aluminum is made into soda cans? Because it's _____________!
