Unit 1 Level E Synonyms & Antonyms

bereft

SYNONYM: bereaved ANTONYMS: replete, well provided

verbatim

SYNONYM: exact ANTONYM: paraphrased YNONYM: precisely

gape

SYNONYM: ogle

pliable

SYNONYMS: adaptable, resilient ANTONYMS: inflexible, recalcitrant

intimation

SYNONYMS: clue, inkling

adulterate

SYNONYMS: contaminate, pollute, sully ANTONYMS: purify, purge, expurgate

guise

SYNONYMS: costume, semblance, pretense

insidious

SYNONYMS: cunning, dastardly, perfidious ANTONYMS: frank, ingenuous, aboveboard

dour

SYNONYMS: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine ANTONYMS: cheery, inviting, genial

stolid

SYNONYMS: impassive, phlegmatic ANTONYMS: emotional, oversensitive

tentative

SYNONYMS: provisional, inconclusive ANTONYMS: conclusive, confirmed

warily

SYNONYMS: prudently, gingerly ANTONYMS: recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously

fortitude

SYNONYMS: resolve, steadfastness, mettle ANTONYMS: fearfulness, faintheartedness

reiterate

SYNONYMS: restate, recapitulate

opulent

SYNONYMS: rich, plentiful, abundant ANTONYMS: poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute

gibe

SYNONYMS: ridicule, mock, deride, jeer ANTONYMS: compliment, praise

unkempt

SYNONYMS: sloppy, disordered, rough ANTONYMS: well-groomed, tidy

deploy

SYNONYMS: station, organize

augment

SYNONYMS: supplement, amplify ANTONYMS: decrease, diminish

ambidextrous

SYNONYMS: versatile, flexible ANTONYMS: clumsy, all thumbs