Professional Documents
Culture Documents
merry = gay
alienate= estrange
solicit = beechat,urge,humble
heap= pile
cargo= freight
momentary= transient
volume= quantity
veer = diverge
dispel= dissipate
admonish= cautious,usurp
meager= scanty
latitude=scope
latent= potential
covet=crave,to desire
discretion=prudence
emancipate=liberate
lethargy=stupor
concur=acquiesce
confiscate=appropriate
baffle=frustrate
subside=wane
misery=distress
pretentious=ostentatious
tranquil=serene,silent
efface=obliterate
obstinate=stubborn
hover=linger
caprice=whim
belate=too late
renounce=reject
brim=border
divulge=reveal
lament=wail
bileaf=conviction
adhesive=tenacious,sticky
furtive=stealthy
hamper=obstruct
to merit=to deserve
inert= passive
stiffle=sniths
instigate=incite
depreciation=deflation,fall in value
deprecate=express disapproval
echelon=level of authority
intermittent=externally stopping and starting
detrimental=harmful
abberation=deviation
conciliation =to make friendly
orthodox=conventional,superstituous
fallable=liable to err
volatile=ever changing
manifestation=clear or obvious
connotation=suggest in addition to fundamental meaning
circumspect=cautious,prudent
absymal=bottomless,unclear
illustrious=highly distinguished,nodal
prolific=abundantly fruitful
delight=high pleasure
vehement=violent,forceful,urgent
impetus=moving force,stimulus
acronym=a word formed
disseminate=scatter
harbinger=forerunner,announcer
tractable=docile,manageable
covert=secret,hidden,implied
pensive-sadness,contemplate
mitigate=to appease,to moderate
clutch=to hold
motley=multicoloured
relinquish=to give up,renounce
transient=momentary,not lasting
parley=conference
vitate=not in operation
hilariry=comical
expound=to expose,to explain
sinister=evil
retrogate=to go back
salient=prominent
nascent=emerging,budding
exonerate=freeing from burden,go away
appal=shock
anomaly=irregularity
embrace=to take in hands
acumen=shrewdness
ordain=command
florid=ornate
penitence=compunction
whet=stimulate
mortify=humiliate
adage=proveb
rapt=concealed
cajole=coax
abode=dwellling
extricate=isolate,liberate
pious=devout
ovation=applause
incentive=provacation
indignity=unworthiness,disgrace
inept=unfit
infirmity=feeble,weak
candid=frank
dangle=to hang loosely or with a swinging motion
restiveness=unwillling to go forward
irksome=causing uneasiness
jaunty=having an airy mannered approach
nebuluos=misty,hazy,vague
decollete=with neck uncovered
misapprehension=understanding in a wrong manner
obloquy=reproachful language,disgrace
censure=criticize,approve
optimum=favourable
cite=quote
effusive=overenthusiastic,spontaneous
irradiate=radiate
tenacious=firm,stubborn
voluble=talkative,loquacious
banal=commonplace,trite
generic=general
emperical=mathematical
circuitous=roundabout,indirect
surveillance=observation
raucous=harsh,rasping
voracious=greedy,hungry
pedigree=ancestry,derivation
fidelity=loyalty,commitment
augment=add to ,magnify
precarious=unstable,uncertain,hazardous
alacrity=cheerful promptness
derogatory=detracting,injurious
onus=responsibility
analogous=comparable
expedient=suitable,advisable
assuage=to soften,to mitigate
compliance=yielding,agreement
diffidant=shy
plaintive=lamenting
insinuate=hint,intimate
misdeamoner=bad conduct
gregarious=helpful
anathema=curse
benign=kind
attenuate=to weaken
sonorous=resonant
bolster=support
divergent=deviating
decollate=behead
heterodox=having a different opinion
ignonimous=dishonour,disgrace
effigy = dummy
sacrosanct=too important
cryptic=hidden,secret
debilitate=to weaken
sceptic=doubt
erroneous=full of error
minion=darling,flatterer,a sevile dependent
veracity=truthfulness
brackish=somewhat saline
cogent=powerful
taciturn=unspoken
liasion=union,bond,connection
ramification=branching
semblance=likeness,outward show
impasse=a place from where ther is no outlet
exasperate=to make rough,to irritate somebody to a high degree
invoke= to call uppon
recapitulate=review
slump=to fall in mud
translucent=partially transparent
sagacity=keen in perception or thought
cacophony=a disagreeable sound
jaded=a sorry horse,illnatured woman
mien=look,manner
buxom=gay,jolly
foray= to raid
denoument=final outcome of an event
behest=hold down
erratic=unknown
disparity=unequaity
ovulate=fertilize
whimsical=fanciful
dogmatic=arbitrary,opinionated
daze= to stun
scathing=to injure,hurt
icon=figure,portrait
fraught=cargo
pithy=strong,energetic,
isotropic=having same properties
docile=teachable,
aegis=protection
exacting=compelling full payment,unreasonable demand
fiasco=failure
intercept=to cut
arbitrary=not bound by rules
categorical=positive,absolute,without exception
protract=to prolong,drawn to scale
obliterate=to blot out,rub out
altercation=heated arguement
dwindle=to grow less,to waste away
efface=rub
agrarian=related to agriculture
vacillate=dillema
experdent=fitting proper
simulate=produce artificially
cognizance=knowledge
retrospective=review
naive=innocent
eqvivocate=tallying on both sides
affinity=strong bond
expidite=hasten
adversary=opponent
affable=lovable
agregious= apart from croud,extremely bad
conglomeration=group
erudite=wise,profound
augury=prediction
constituent=accompanying
differential=having or showing or making use of
distention=act out,stretch out
litigation=engaging in a law suite
preponderant=superiority of power
precipitate=quicken
repugn=to fight against
repugnance=inconsistency
slur=thin mud
protean=variable,inconstant
balmy=mild
recalcitrant=stubborn
guile=deceive
ponderous=weighty,heavy
baleful=malignant,painful,hurtful
intrepid=brave
evanescent=fleeting,fading away
genuflect=bend down as respect
stoic=indifference to pleasure or pain
hesitant=to stop making a decision
proclivity=inclination,prone
conjecture=a forecast,a guess,
stilted=elevating
asperity=roughness,harshness
felicitious=happy,prosperous
bouillon=boiled meat
pillage= act of plundering
physiognamy= the act of judging one character from apperance
repudiate=to divorce,to reject
inundate=to flow uponto overwhelm
bilk=to elude,to cheat
nettle=to sting with annnoyance
mulch=loose material
impugn=oppose
sobriety=habit of being sober
misanthrope=hater of mankind
waif=wanderer,ownerless property
debacle=breakup or collapse
tarry=to linger,to delay
incontinent=not restraining the passions
paradox=contrary to the received opinion
lacklusture=dull
moribound=dying
mundane=lonely,earthly
mollify=to soften,to abate
equanimity=evenness of mind
gist=main point of a matter
contraband=excluded by law
awry=distorted
frugality=economy
repartee=ready and witty retort
boisterous=noisy
ungainly=awkard,clumsy
profound=deep seated,intense
incorrigible=beyond correction
interdict=prohibit
cohere=held together
callow=youthful
some antonyms
pristine * sullied
turbid * limpid
precipitate * dilatory /contradictory
revere * threaten
improptu * carefully reharsed
balloon * decrease slowly
avid * indifferent
morose * lighthearted
neologism * archaism
rarefy * condense
caustic * innocuous
solvent * precipitant
estimable * infamous