Grade 8 Unit 4 Vocabulary Synonyms and Antonyms

Obsess

SYNONYMS: preoccupy

Prone

SYNONYMS: prostrate, liable ANTONYMS: standing upright, unlikely

Recourse

SYNONYMS: redress, remedy

Qualm

SYNONYMS: regret, second thought, scruple

Residue

SYNONYMS: remnant, remains, leavings

Staid

SYNONYMS: sedate, sober, prim ANTONYMS: gaudy, jaunty, unconventional

Frivolous

SYNONYMS: silly, foolish, inane, petty ANTONYMS: serious, important, significant

Peruse

SYNONYMS: study, pore over, scrutinize

Blasé

ANTONYMS: enthusiastic, passionate, fervent

Muster

SYNONYMS: (v.) mobilize, marshal; (n.) roster,inventory ANTONYMS: (v.) disband, dismiss, disperse

Bolster

SYNONYMS: (v.) reinforce, buttress, validate ANTONYMS: (v.) undermine, weaken, impair

Annul

SYNONYMS: cancel, abolish, invalidate, nullify ANTONYMS: validate, authorize, ratify

Promontory

SYNONYMS: cliff, outcrop, jetty

Solicitous

SYNONYMS: concerned ANTONYMS: unconcerned, indifferent, apathetic

Oust

SYNONYMS: expel, eject ANTONYMS: admit, welcome

Ornate

SYNONYMS: fancy, flashy, flamboyant ANTONYMS: plain, stark, austere

Sustain

SYNONYMS: foster, uphold

Deplore

SYNONYMS: lament, bemoan, bewail ANTONYMS: approve, commend, extol

Porous

SYNONYMS: leaky, permeable ANTONYMS: airtight, impermeable

Nonentity

SYNONYMS: nobody ANTONYMS: celebrity