Vocab Unit 10: Synonyms and Antonyms

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shambles

a mess, disaster area, a slaughterhouse (synonyms)

foible

a person's strong suit, forte, a virtue (antonyms)

concatenation

a series, sequence, conjunction (synonyms)

foible

a shortcoming, failing, flaw, defect, quirk (synonyms)

obtuse

acute, perceptive, quick-witted (antonyms)

luminous

radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous (synonyms)

penitent

remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry (synonyms)

charlatan

the real McCoy, genuine article (antonyms)

rebuff

to accept, take someone up on, welcome (antonyms)

forgo

to do without, refrain from, renounce (synonyms)

oscillate

to fluctuate, waver, vibrate, vacillate (synonyms)

inure

to harden, accustom, acclimate (synonyms)

forgo

to indulge in, partake of (antonyms)

cavil

to nitpick, quibble, carp (synonyms)

decimate

to ravage, wreak havoc, devastate (synonyms)

oscillate

to remain fixed, steady, or constant (antonyms)

reconnoiter

to scout, see how the land lies (synonyms)

rebuff

to spurn, repulse, reject, a setback (synonyms)

attenuate

to thicken, to strengthen, bolster (antonyms)

attenuate

to thin out, dilute, water down (synonyms)

penitent

unrepentant, remorseless, uncontrite (antonyms)

fraught

a devoid of, lacking, deficient in (antonyms)

charlatan

a fraud, quack, mountebank, impostor (synonyms)

obsequious

assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent (antonyms)

concomitant

attendant, accompanying, corollary (synonyms)

benign

benevolent, salutary, salubrious (synonyms)

sporadic

constant, steady, continuous, uninterrupted (antonyms)

luminous

dark, opaque, dim, murky (antonyms)

askance

distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically (synonyms)

obtuse

dull-witted, stupid, dumb, thick, mild (synonyms)

obsequious

fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed (synonyms)

fraught

full of, loaded with, charged with (synonyms)

peremptory

high-handed, dictatorial, unconditional (synonyms)

sporadic

irregular, intermittent, spasmodic (synonyms)

peremptory

irresolute, tentative, mild, unassuming (antonyms)

benign

malignant, malevolent, deleterious (antonyms)


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