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Word List of Test 3
Word List of Test 3
Destructive counterbalance
Meaning a mammal which lives in the sea and on beaches in the Arctic. It is similar to a seal but larger, with two tusks and long hairs growing near its mouth. causing, or wanting to cause, damage to have an equal but opposite effect on something so that it does not have too much of a particular characteristic to improve the quality, amount or strength of something more than is needed or wanted to weigh someone or something down, or to make it difficult for someone to do something to reduce or be reduced in size or importance a position of power, strength or success to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely
Synonym
Antonym
constructive
ugly
denigrate Emphasize
to say that someone or something is not good or important to show or state that something is very important or worth giving attention to to bring someone back to life, to bring back something into use or existence that had disappeared or ended new or almost new, and in very good condition an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are not working to end something by force, to prevent something from being seen or expressed or from operating to become greater, more serious or more extreme, or to make something do this to try to do or continue doing something in a determined but often unreasonable way
Resurrect
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall Dominance, superiority eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off minimize, belittle, derogate Highlight, stress, punctuate, accent, accentuate Raise, revive
increasing
praise
kill
Faultless, unspoiled Chase, hunt, recreation Censored, decrease, lessen, minify Strengthen, increase persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
available
intensify persist
give up
Regimentation
to become involved with or support an activity or opinion used to show that you think or feel the opposite of what has just been stated to end something by force existing everywhere or involving everyone behaviour that is controlled, calm and polite to replace something, especially something older or more old-fashioned a religious group, often living together, whose beliefs are considered extreme or strange by many people, a particular system of religious belief, (ad) liked very much by a particular group of people used in questions to express anger or surprise to be very close friends and share secrets, etc. extremely interesting describes a person who deceives others for their own advantage. To plan secretly and dishonestly for something to happen which will be to your advantage frightening, making you feel fear when someone is unable to sleep, over a period of time a difficulty with reading and writing caused by the brain's being unable to see the difference between some letter shapes an extreme and unreasonable feeling that other people do not like you or are going to harm or criticize you to laugh or shout insults at someone to show you have no respect for them when someone or something is laughed at and considered stupid or of no value
Support, promote Opposing, divergent, dissimilar Censored, concealed Respectability, modesty supplant, replace, Sect, faction, party
up to date
candid
Paranoia
Fear, obsession
applaud approval
Espionage Felon Dilettantism Connoisseur Dogmatism Scholar Gregariousness Teammate Resistance Adversary Inveigle Persecute Barter Arbitrate Disputes Invade Parry Dread Hurl Aptitude Patience Imminent Malevolent Subtle Crossfire Tout Paradox Attribute Tussle Disguise Equivocation Ambiguity Faade Forgery Wealth Endow Emit Endure Bombast Pompous Prose Patient Circumlocution Prattle Succinct Verbiage
Mundane Tirade Caret Insertion Tongs Opaque Inaudible Nonporous Viscous Daunt Perplexed Enlighten Nondescript Avaricious Impassive Perturb Tranquil Pacify Querulous Fawn Humble Prodigal Treacherous Laconic Culpable