WORD MEANING

aberrant deviating from what is normal

abate To decrease
abjure To reject
abscond hide or live secretly
acumen ability to make good and quick decision
admonish To reprimand
adulterate reduce in quality by adding another substance
affectation fake or artificial behavior, often meant to impress or conceal the truth
aggrandize enlarge or increase, esp. wealth, power, reputation
alacrity cheerful willingness
amalgamate to combine to or mix together
ambivalent having mix feelings
amenable open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled
anachronism something old-fashioned
analogous comparable in certain respects
anoint rub with oil, typically as part of a religious ceremony.
antipathy strong dislike or hatred
antithetical contraction
apathy unenthusiasm
appease reduce anger
arbitrary given or sudden change of mood or behaviour
arcane understood by few
arduous requiring effort,difficult
articulate having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently
artless natural and simple
ascetic a person who follows escetic life
astonishment total surprise, shock
audacious very bold and daring
avarice excessive interest in acquiring money or material things
aver declare,state
banal lacking in originality
belie fail to give true impression or feeling
benign good human
bombastic high sounding but little meaning inflated
brazen bold and without shame
burgeon increase rapidly or begin to grow rapidly
bucolic relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life
biased partiality
bolster To support
cacophony harsh sound
calumny attack on someone's reputation
catalyst used in chemistry
canon a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged
chicanery cheat someone
caustic able to burn
bitterly sarcastic
chronological in order
SYNONYMS
deviant,deviating,peculiar,eccentric,quirky,anomalous,divergent,abnormal,atypical
lessen,diminish,mollify,soothe,relieve,alleviate,mitigate,allay,assuage,appease,attenuate,ameliorate,ease
renounce,reject,relinquish,gainsay,abandon,disclaim,abstain
run away,escape
acuity,cleverness,awareness
castigate,rebuke,upbraid,chastise,chasten,censure,lambast,scold
mix,degrade,debase,weaken,contaminate
pretension,affectedness,artificiality

enthusiasm,eagerness,ebullient
coalesce,combine,consolidate,mix,merge,unite
equivocate,ambiguous,dilemma,enigma,conundrum
compliant,complaisant,aquiescent,manageable,tractable,docile,submissive,obedient,persuadable
obsolete,obsolescent,antidiluvian,archaic,antique
similar,like,comparable,parallel,corresponding,equivalent,commensurate

aversion,animosity,hostility,antagonism,abhorrence,grudge

lethargic
placate,pacify,mollify,soothe,allay,conciliate,tranquillize
capricious,erractic,mercurial,whimsical,vacillating,quirky,freakish,desultory
opaque,mysterious,enigmatic,concealed,clandestine,obscure,abstruse,esoteric,criptic
laborious,hard,onerous
eloquent,fluent,communicative,persuasive,cogent,compelling
unpretentious,naïve,innocent,honest,candid,modest,credulous
abstemious,abstinent,austere,frugal,rigorous,self-denying,muni,sadhu
perplexity,amazement,shock,egregious
courageous,heroic,
greed,miserly,parsimonious,acquisitiveness
affirm,attest,assert,protest,profess,vow,contend
trite,hackeneyed,commonplace,streotyped,prosaic,cliched,platitudious,derivative,conventional,pedestrian,vapid
contradict,misrepresent
benevolent,amiable,kindly,congenial,gracious,indulgent,caring,helpful
pompous,verbose,wordy,pretentious,grandiloquent,magniloquent,prolix,circumlocutory,circuitous,diffuse
shameless,impudent,insolent,impertinent,presumptuous
flourish,expand,explode,mashroom,proliferate,multiply,thrive,escalate
rustic,rural,outdoor,agricultural
prejudice,blinkered,chuvinist,influence
reinforce,strenthen,buttress,revitalize
loud,noisy,absonant,dissonant,horrisonant,discordant
aspersion,vilification,vituperate,censure

principle,rule,law,norm,convention,formula,standard
subterfuge,artful,artifice,fleece,mountebank,guile,deceit,trickery,legerdamain
corrosive,acid,alkaline,burning,
sarcastic,bitter,acerbic,astringent
consecutive,sequential,progressive,serial,consequential