Unit 1 - Synonyms + Antonyms

verbatim

SYNONYM: (adj.) exact; (adv.) precisely ANTONYM: (adj.) paraphrased

bereft

SYNONYM: bereaved ANTONYMS: replete, well provided

gibe

SYNONYMS: (v.) ridicule, mock, deride, jeer ANTONYMS: (n.) compliment, praise

warily

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

intimation

SYNONYMS: clue, indication, inkling

adulterate

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

guise

SYNONYMS: costume, semblance, pretense

insidious

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

augment

SYNONYMS: enlarge, supplement, amplify ANTONYMS: decrease, diminish

gape

SYNONYMS: gawk, ogle

dour

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

stolid

SYNONYMS: impassive, phlegmatic ANTONYMS: emotional, oversensitive, high-strung

tentative

SYNONYMS: provisional, inconclusive ANTONYMS: definite, conclusive, confirmed

fortitude

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

reiterate

SYNONYMS: restate, rehash, recapitulate

opulent

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

unkempt

SYNONYMS: sloppy, disheveled, disordered, rough ANTONYMS: well-groomed, tidy, neat, natty

deploy

SYNONYMS: station, organize

pliable

SYNONYMS: supple, adaptable, resilient ANTONYMS: rigid, inflexible, recalcitrant

ambidextrous

SYNONYMS: versatile, facile ANTONYMS: clumsy, all thumbs, maladroit