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→ Meaning: having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
→ Synonyms: equivocal, uncertain, unsure, doubtful, indecisive, inconclusive, and irresolute
→ Usage: Some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her.
→ Meaning: abandon or leave.
→ Synonyms: abandon, desert, leave, quit, depart from, leave behind
→ Usage: She forsook her child, giving him up for adoption.
→ Meaning: not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.
→ Synonyms: impertinent, insolent, cheeky, audacious, brazen
→ Usage: He could have strangled this impudent upstart.
→ Meaning: having or showing no skill; clumsy.
→ Synonyms: incompetent, unskillful, unskilled, inexpert, amateurish
→ Usage: My attempts at baking were inept but I fumbled on.
→ Meaning: a person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation.
→ Synonyms: beginner, learner, inexperienced person
→ Usage: He was a complete novice in foreign affairs.
→ Meaning: most noticeable or important.
→ Synonyms: important, main, principal, major, chief, primary, notable
→ Usage: The salient points stuck out clearly in her mind.
→ Meaning: offence or annoyance.
→ Synonyms: take offence, be offended, take exception, bridle, take something personally
→ Usage: She took umbrage at his remarks.
→ Meaning: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
→ Synonyms: chance, happy chance, accident, happy accident, fluke
→ Usage: Technical innovation may be the result of pure serendipity.
→ Meaning: attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
→ Synonyms: picturesque, charming, sweet, attractive, pleasantly old-fashioned
→ Usage: Narrow streets lead to a quaint bridge over the river.
→ Meaning: eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
→ Synonyms: defiant, aggressive, antagonistic, belligerent, pugnacious, bellicose
→ Usage: The truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports.
→ Meaning: hard to control or deal with.
→ Synonyms: unmanageable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, out of control.
→ Usage: Their problems have become more acute and intractable.
→ Meaning: describe or portray (something) precisely.
→ Synonyms: describe, set forth, set out, present, outline, depict, portray.
→ Usage: The law should delineate and prohibit behavior which is socially abhorrent.
→ Meaning: characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
→ Synonyms: austere, self-denying, abstinent, abstemious.
→ Usage: An ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labour.
→ Meaning: make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.
→ Synonyms: intimidate, abash, take aback, shake, ruffle, throw.
→ Usage: Some people are daunted by technology.
→ Meaning: like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
→ Synonyms: perfect, ideal, idealized, wonderful, blissful.
→ Usage: An attractive hotel in an idyllic setting.
→ Meaning: begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
→ Synonyms: grow rapidly, increase rapidly/exponentially, expand.
→ Usage: Tourism has burgeoned over the last ten years.
→ Meaning: deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.
→ Synonyms: abnormal, atypical, non-typical, irregular.
→ Usage: Nuclear weapons testing may have been responsible for the anomalous weather conditions.
→ Meaning: easily crumbled.
→ Synonyms: crumbly, easily crumbled, powdery, dusty.
→ Usage: The soil was friable between her fingers.
→ Meaning: tending or able to change frequently or easily.
→ Synonyms: ever-changing, variable, changeable, mutable, kaleidoscopic.
→ Usage: The diverse and protean nature of mental disorders.
→ Meaning: (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse.
→ Synonyms: obscure, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, little known.
→ Usage: The book is full of recondite information.
→ Meaning: noisy, energetic, and cheerful
→ Synonyms: lively, active, animated, exuberant, spirited, bouncy, frisky
→ Usage: A group of boisterous lads.
→ Meaning: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery
→ Synonyms: cajole, wheedle, coax, persuade, convince, talk
→ Usage: He was attempting to inveigle them into doing his will.
→ Meaning: saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through.
→ Synonyms: soaking, soaking wet, soaked, soaked through, wet through
→ Usage: His clothes were sodden.
→ Meaning: deceitful and untrustworthy
→ Synonyms: treacherous, duplicitous, deceitful, disloyal, faithless
→ Usage: It is highly risk to hire a perfidious labour.
→ Meaning: a confusing and difficult problem or question.
→ Synonyms: problem, difficult question, vexed question, difficulty
→ Usage: One of the most difficult conundrums for the experts.
→ Meaning: The final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved
→ Synonyms: final scene, final act, last act
→ Usage: The film's denouement was unsatisfying and ambiguous.
→ Meaning: calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
→ Synonyms: impassive, phlegmatic, unemotional, calm
→ Usage: A stolid, slow-speaking man.
→ Meaning: conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs
→ Synonyms: dissimulate, pretend, deceive, feign, act
→ Usage: An honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble.
→ Meaning: slow to act
→ Synonyms: slow, unhurried, tardy, unpunctual, lax, slack
→ Usage: They were dilatory in providing the researchers with information.
→ Meaning: gather or collect (something, especially information or approval)
→ Synonyms: accumulate, amass, assemble; store
→ Usage: The police struggled to garner sufficient evidence.
→ Meaning: causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
→ Synonyms: controversial, disputable, debatable, and disputed
→ Usage: The contentious issue of abortion.
→ Meaning: a deep-seated feeling of aversion.
→ Synonyms: hostility, antagonism, animosity, aversion, animus
→ Usage: His fundamental antipathy to capitalism.
→ Meaning: a person's face or facial expression
→ Synonyms: face, features, physiognomy, profile; facial expression
→ Usage: His impenetrable eyes and inscrutable countenance give little away.
→ Meaning: inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true
→ Synonyms: opinionated, peremptory, assertive, imperative, insistent
→ Usage: She was not tempted to be dogmatic about what she believed.
→ Meaning: very appropriate to a particular situation
→ Synonyms: appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apposite, apt
→ Usage: The song feels apropos to a midnight jaunt.
→ Meaning: unconventional and slightly disreputable, especially in an attractive way
→ Synonyms: rakish, jaunty, dapper, dashing, sporty, flashy; unconventional
→ Usage: His cosmopolitan, raffish air.
→ Meaning: blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language
→ Synonyms: revile, rail against, inveigh against, fulminate against
→ Usage: He vituperated against all presidents with equal gusto.
→ Meaning: modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence
→ Synonyms: shyness, bashfulness, unassertiveness, modesty, modestness
→ Usage: He regretted his diffidence and awkwardness in large groups.
→ Meaning: express vehement protest
→ Synonyms: protest, rail, rage, rant, thunder, storm, declaim, inveigh
→ Usage: Ministers and preachers fulminated against the new curriculum.
→ Meaning: the testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality
→ Synonyms: evaluation, assessment, analysis, examination, test
→ Usage: New plate was taxed when it was brought for assay.
→ Meaning: (of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter
→ Synonyms: murky, muddy, thick; opaque, cloudy
→ Usage: The turbid waters of the river.
→ Meaning: having or showing great knowledge or learning.
→ Synonyms: learned, scholarly, well educated, knowledgeable
→ Usage: He was so erudite that only men who were his equals in scholarship could understand him.
→ Meaning: (of a person or their manner) gloomy.
→ Synonyms: sombre, melancholy, melancholic, moody, miserable
→ Usage: He was a rather saturnine individual who never spoke an unnecessary word.
→ Meaning: a state of temporary disuse or suspension.
→ Synonyms: suspension, a state of suspension, a state of dormancy, a state of latency, a state of uncertainty
→ Usage: The project was left in abeyance for the time being.
→ Meaning: (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent.
→ Synonyms: sheer, fine, ultra-fine, delicate, light, lightweight, thin
→ Usage: She wore a diaphanous dress of pale gold.
→ Meaning: a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
→ Synonyms: personification, embodiment, incarnation, paragon; essence
→ Usage: She looked the epitome of elegance and good taste.
→ Meaning: reprimand (someone) severely.
→ Synonyms: reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove
→ Usage: He was castigated for not setting a good example.
→ Meaning: anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
→ Synonyms: alarm, worry, uneasiness, unease, nervousness,
→ Usage: He had been filled with apprehension at having to report his failure.
→ Meaning: approval or praise.
→ Synonyms: acceptance, assent, endorsement, encouragement
→ Usage: He yearned for popular approbation.
→ Meaning: stubborn or unmanageable.
→ Synonyms: obstinate, mulish, bull-headed, intractable
→ Usage: The refractory students spend a great deal of time in the detention room.
→ Meaning: A feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, especially to one's pride.
→ Synonyms: irritation, annoyance, resentment, anger, displeasure
→ Usage: He left in a fit of pique.
→ Meaning: Swollen and distended or congested.
→ Synonyms: swollen, congested; in space, in flood
→ Usage: A turgid and fast-moving river.
→ Meaning: Having many varied parts or aspects.
→ Synonyms: diverse, many, numerous, various, varied
→ Usage: The multifarious local and ethnic traditions that are found in the USA.
→ Meaning: A state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.
→ Synonyms: lethargy, torpidity, sluggishness, inertia, inertness, inactivity
→ Usage: He spent most of the journey in a state of torpor.
→ Meaning: Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.
→ Synonyms: bold, daring, fearless, intrepid, brave, unafraid
→ Usage: The audience was left gasping at his audacious exploits.
→ Meaning: The quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip.
→ Synonyms: persistence, pertinacity, determination, perseverance, doggedness
→ Usage: The tenacity with which he stuck to his story.
→ Meaning: A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.
→ Synonyms: dissenter, heretic, nonconformist; defector, deserter
→ Usage: After 50 years as an apostate, he returned to the faith.
→ Meaning: Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
→ Synonyms: embarrass, make uncomfortable, make uneasy, abash
→ Usage: He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone.
→ Meaning: (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.
→ Synonyms: brief, concise, terse, succinct, short, economical, elliptical
→ Usage: His laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic.
→ Meaning: Turn into bone or bony tissue.
→ Synonyms: turn into bone, become bony, harden, solidify, stiffen
→ Usage: These cartilages may ossify.
→ Meaning: growth or increase by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter.
→ Synonyms: Accumulation, collecting, gathering, amassing, cumulation.
→ Usage: The accretion of sediments in coastal mangroves.
→ Meaning: the ability to make good judgments and take quick decisions.
→ Synonyms: Astuteness, awareness, acuity, sharpness.
→ Usage: A gullible young man with little or no business acumen.
→ Meaning: lasting for a very short time.
→ Synonyms: Transitory, transient, fleeting, passing.
→ Usage: Fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old.
→ Meaning: excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
→ Synonyms: Talkative, voluble, and chatty.
→ Usage: A garrulous old man who chattered like a magpie.
→ Meaning: a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles.
→ Synonyms: shackles, manacles, handcuffs, irons, leg irons, chains.
→ Usage: He lay bound with fetters of iron.
→ Meaning: accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.
→ Synonyms: Harden, toughen, season, temper.
→ Usage: These children have been inured to violence.
→ Meaning: expressing contempt or disapproval.
→ Synonyms: Disparaging, derogatory, denigratory.
→ Usage: Permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term.
→ Meaning: a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation.
→ Synonyms: Diatribe, invective, polemic, attack.
→ Usage: She rounded on Nathan with a devastating tirade.
→ Meaning: a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plough or cart that they are to pull.
→ Synonyms: Harness, collar, tackle, tack.
→ Usage: The horses were loosened from the yoke.
→ Meaning: offence or annoyance.
→ Synonyms: take offence, be offended, take exception, bridle.
→ Usage: She took umbrage at his remarks.
→ Meaning: extremely bad; appalling
→ Synonyms: very bad, dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful
→ Usage: some of the teaching was abysmal.
→ Meaning: showy but cheap and of poor quality
→ Synonyms: gaudy, flashy, showy, garish, loud; tasteless
→ Usage: she had cheap, tawdry rings on her fingers.
→ Meaning: something regarded as worthless; rubbish.
→ Synonyms: rubbish, junk, debris, chaff, draft, detritus
→ Usage: sometimes it's possible to find a little gem amongst the mass-produced dross.
→ Meaning: great enthusiasm or passion.
→ Synonyms: passion, avidity, fervor , zeal, wholeheartedness, eagerness
→ Usage: she was unaccustomed to being kissed with such ardour.
→ Meaning: showing a casual lack of concern
→ Synonyms: nonchalant, untroubled, unworried, unruffled, and unconcerned
→ Usage: he had an insouciant attitude to their money problems.
→ Meaning: (especially of sound) sweet and soothing (often used ironically).
→ Synonyms: sweet, sweet-sounding, mellifluous, euphonious, soothing, mellow
→ Usage: record the dulcet tones of your family and friends.
→ Meaning: remove the moisture from (something), typically in order to preserve it.
→ Synonyms: dried, dried up, dry, dehydrated, powdered
→ Usage: We can use the desiccated coconut for cooking.
→ Meaning: translucently clear.
→ Synonyms: translucent, transparent, clear, crystal clear, crystalline
→ Usage: mountains reflected in the pellucid waters.
→ Meaning: an outcast.
→ Synonyms: outcast, persona non grata, leper, reject, untouchable
→ Usage: they were treated as social pariahs.
→ Meaning: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
→ Synonyms: untalkative, uncommunicative, reticent, unforthcoming, quiet
→ Usage: after such gatherings she would be taciturn and morose.
→ Meaning: (of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort.
→ Synonyms: cursory, desultory; quick, brief, hasty, hurried, rapid
→ Usage: The guards gave a perfunctory look up and down the carriage.
→ Meaning: lasting only for a short time; impermanent.
→ Synonyms: transitory, temporary, short-lived, short-term, ephemeral
→ Usage: A transient post-war baby boom.
→ Meaning: an unprincipled person.
→ Synonyms: rogue, rascal, scoundrel, good-for-nothing, villain, wretch
→ Usage: He had to present himself as more of a lovable reprobate than a spirit of Corruption.
→ Meaning: a person, especially a man, who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles.
→ Synonyms: philanderer, ladies' man, playboy, rake
→ Usage: His image as an unbridled libertine is a total myth.
→ Meaning: (of a person) easy to control or influence.
→ Synonyms: controllable, manageable, malleable, governable, yielding,
→ Usage: She has always been tractable and obedient, even as a child.
→ Meaning: (of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence.
→ Synonyms: diligent, careful, meticulous, thorough, assiduous
→ Usage: He watched himself with the most sedulous care.
→ Meaning: fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect).
→ Synonyms: fearless, unafraid, undaunted, dauntless, undismayed
→ Usage: The intrepid band braved a precipitous mountain track.
→ Meaning: sullen and ill-tempered.
→ Synonyms: sullen, sulky, gloomy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered
→ Usage: She was morose and silent when she got home.
→ Meaning: raise objections or show reluctance.
→ Synonyms: raise objections, object, take exception, take issue
→ Usage: Normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred.
→ Meaning: balance of forces or interests.
→ Synonyms: equilibrium, balance, evenness, symmetry, parity
→ Usage: This wine represents a marvelous equipoise of power and elegance.
→ Meaning: excessive talkativeness, especially on trivial matters.
→ Synonyms: talkativeness, garrulousness, loquacity, loquaciousness, volubility, verbosity,
→ Usage: They were irritated by his ungovernable garrulity.
→ Meaning: complete, utter
→ Synonyms: downright, thoroughgoing, absolute, complete, thorough
→ Usage: What he is talking is arrant nonsense!
→ Meaning: following as a result or effect.
→ Synonyms: resulting, resultant, ensuing, consequent; following
→ Usage: A loss of confidence and a consequential withdrawal of funds.
→ Meaning: reduce the force, effect, or value of.
→ Synonyms: weakened, reduced, lessened, decreased, diminished, impaired
→ Usage: Her intolerance was attenuated by an unexpected liberalism.
→ Meaning: dependent on chance; uncertain
→ Synonyms: uncertain, insecure, unreliable, unsure, unpredictable
→ Usage: He made a precarious living as a painter.
→ Meaning: make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality.
→ Synonyms: exhaust, tire, fatigue, weary, wear out, devitalize
→ Usage: The scorching sun enervated her.
→ Meaning: use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.
→ Synonyms: prevaricate, be evasive, be non-committal, be vague, be ambiguous
→ Usage: The government has equivocated too often in the past.
→ Meaning: showing great care and perseverance.
→ Synonyms: diligent, careful, meticulous, thorough, sedulous, attentive
→ Usage: She was assiduous in pointing out every feature.
→ Meaning: a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy
→ Synonyms: lethargy, listlessness, weariness, languor, sluggishness, enervation
→ Usage: She was overcome by lassitude and retired to bed.
→ Meaning: a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.
→ Synonyms: toady, creep, crawler, fawner, flatterer, flunkey, truckler
→ Usage: He was surrounded by flatterers and sycophants.
→ Meaning: a very young child or baby.
→ Synonyms: Baby, newborn, young child, little child
→ Usage: Their first year at infant school.
→ Meaning: the state of being subject to death.
→ Synonyms: Impermanence, temporality, transience, perish ability
→ Usage: the work is increasingly haunted by thoughts of mortality.
→ Meaning: unfortunate
→ Synonyms: unlucky, luckless, out of luck, cursed, doomed
→ Usage: The hapless victims of the disaster.
→ Meaning: induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
→ Synonyms: talk someone into, coax, convince, make, get, induce, coerce, prompt
→ Usage: it wasn't easy, but I persuaded him to do the right thing.
→ Meaning: a member of the armed forces who deserts.
→ Synonyms: Runaway, renegade, fugitive, escapee
→ Usage: deserters from the army.
→ Meaning: the holding of an office.
→ Synonyms: incumbency, term of office, term, period of office, time
→ Usage: his tenure of the premiership would be threatened.
→ Meaning: excessively complicated administrative procedure.
→ Synonyms: red tape, rules and regulations, protocol, officialdom
→ Usage: the unnecessary bureaucracy in local government.
→ Meaning: cause to become twisted together with or caught in.
→ Synonyms: Intertwine, entwine, tangle, intertwist, twist, ravel,
→ Usage: Fish attempt to swim through the mesh and become entangled.
→ Meaning: able to be defended with logic or justification; valid.
→ Synonyms: valid, sound, admissible, acceptable, well founded
→ Usage: these are legitimate grounds for unease.
→ Meaning: a level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.
→ Synonyms: Level, rank, grade, step, rung, tier, plane, order, division
→ Usage: the upper echelons of the business world.
→ Meaning: having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
→ Synonyms: equivocal, uncertain, unsure, doubtful, indecisive, inconclusive, irresolute
→ Usage: Some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her.
→ Meaning: abandon or leave.
→ Synonyms: abandon, desert, leave, quit, depart from, leave behind
→ Usage: She forsook her child, giving him up for adoption.
→ Meaning: not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.
→ Synonyms: impertinent, insolent, cheeky, audacious, brazen
→ Usage: He could have strangled this impudent upstart.
→ Meaning: having or showing no skill; clumsy.
→ Synonyms: incompetent, unskillful, unskilled, inexpert, amateurish
→ Usage: My attempts at baking were inept but I fumbled on.
→ Meaning: a person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation.
→ Synonyms: beginner, learner, inexperienced person
→ Usage: He was a complete novice in foreign affairs.
→ Meaning: most noticeable or important.
→ Synonyms: important, main, principal, major, chief, primary, notable
→ Usage: The salient points stuck out clearly in her mind.
→ Meaning: offence or annoyance.
→ Synonyms: take offence, be offended, take exception, bridle, take something personally
→ Usage: She took umbrage at his remarks.
→ Meaning: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
→ Synonyms: chance, happy chance, accident, happy accident, fluke
→ Usage: Technical innovation may be the result of pure serendipity.
→ Meaning: attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
→ Synonyms: picturesque, charming, sweet, attractive, pleasantly old-fashioned
→ Usage: Narrow streets lead to a quaint bridge over the river.
→ Meaning: eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
→ Synonyms: defiant, aggressive, antagonistic, belligerent, pugnacious, bellicose
→ Usage: The truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports.
→ Definition: induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
→ Meaning: prevail on, talk someone into, coax, convince, make, get, press someone into
→ Usage: He tried to persuade her to come with him.
→ Definition: travel across or through
→ Meaning: travel over/across, cross, journey over/across, make one's way across
→ Usage: He traversed the deserts of Persia and Baluchistan.
→ Definition: allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of.
→ Meaning: wallow in, give oneself up to, give way to, yield to, abandon oneself to
→ Usage: We indulged in a cream tea.
→ Definition: move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.
→ Meaning: swing, shake, oscillate, rock, undulate, move from side to side
→ Usage: The curtains were swaying in the breeze.
→ Definition: become progressively worse.
→ Meaning: worsen, get worse, decline, be in decline, degenerate, decay
→ Usage: His condition has deteriorated in the intensive care unit.
→ Definition: a complex or unwelcome consequence of an action or event.
→ Meaning: consequence, result, aftermath, outcome, effect, upshot, issue
→ Usage: Any change is bound to have legal ramifications.
→ Definition: put (objects or a loose substance) in a heap.
→ Meaning: Pile up, pile, stack up, stack, make a pile of, make a stack of
→ Usage: She heaped logs on the fire.
→ Definition: a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or leader.
→ Meaning: revolutionary, insurgent, mutineer agitator
→ Usage: The rebels took control of the capital.
→ Definition: of considerable importance, size, or worth.
→ Meaning: considerable, real, material, weighty, solid, sizeable
→ Usage: Substantial progress had been made.
→ Definition: completely and without qualification; absolutely.
→ Meaning: completely, totally, absolutely, entirely, fully
→ Usage: He looked utterly ridiculous.
→ Meaning: (of a person) pleasing or liked on account of having qualities or interests that are similar to one's own.
→ Synonyms: like-minded, compatible, kindred, well suited, easy to get along with
→ Usage: I was working with a bunch of very congenial people.
→ Meaning: (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating.
→ Synonyms: harsh, raucous, rough, grating, rasping, jarring, loud
→ Usage: A strident voice interrupted the consultation.
→ Meaning: the junction of two rivers, especially rivers of approximately equal width.
→ Synonyms: convergence, meeting, junction, joining, conflux, watersmeet
→ Usage: The confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss.
→ Meaning: sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.
→ Synonyms: sumptuous, luxurious, luxuriant, lush, gorgeous, costly
→ Usage: He held lavish dinner parties at his home.
→ Meaning: showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect.
→ Synonyms: impertinent, impudent, cheeky, illmannered
→ Usage: She hated the insolent tone of his voice.
→ Meaning: a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.
→ Synonyms: tramp, drifter, down-and-out, derelict, beggar, itinerant, wanderer
→ Usage: The old car was a welcome shelter for the occasional vagrant.
→ Meaning: (of a person) fond of company; sociable.
→ Synonyms: sociable, social, company-loving, companionable, convivial
→ Usage: He was a popular and gregarious man.
→ Meaning: a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand.
→ Synonyms: mystery, puzzle, riddle, conundrum, paradox, problem,
→ Usage: How it works is a complete enigma to me.
→ Meaning: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
→ Synonyms: Relieve, ease, alleviate, soothe, mitigate, dampen
→ Usage: The letter assuaged the fears of most members.
→ Meaning: optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.
→ Synonyms: optimistic, bullish, hopeful, buoyant, positive
→ Usage: He is sanguine about prospects for the global economy.
→ Meaning: (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
→ Synonyms: fictitious, made-up, untrue, fabricated, false,
→ Usage: An apocryphal story about a former president
→ Meaning: a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.
→ Synonyms: saying, maxim, axiom, proverb, slogan
→ Usage: It is vital for every pilot to remember the old adage safety first
→ Meaning: (of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else.
→ Synonyms: artificial, substitute, imitation, fake, false
→ Usage: Ersatz emotion
→ Meaning: the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
→ Synonyms: spying, undercover work, cloak-anddagger activities, surveillance, reconnaissance
→ Usage: The camouflage and secrecy of espionage
→ Meaning: (of a person) unable to remain still, silent, or submissive, especially because of boredom or dissatisfaction.
→ Synonyms: restless, fidgety, edgy, on edge, tense, uneasy
→ Usage: The crowd had been waiting for hours and many were becoming restive.
→ Meaning: an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgement of merit.
→ Synonyms: honor, recognition, privilege, award, gift, title
→ Usage: The hotel has won numerous accolades
→ Meaning: a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.
→ Synonyms: sign, indicator, signal,
→ Usage: Witch hazels are the harbingers of spring.
→ Meaning: unemotional, dispassionate, or moderate behavior; self-control.
→ Synonyms: self-control, self-restraint, self-discipline, control
→ Usage: The customary restraint of the British police
→ Meaning: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen
→ Synonyms: fear, apprehension, dread, fearfulness,
→ Usage: He sat in the waiting room, full of trepidation
→ Meaning: unable to be upset or excited; calm.
→ Synonyms: self-possessed, composed, collected, calm, cool, calm
→ Usage: My father was a solid, imperturbable man
→ Definition: certain to happen; unavoidable.
→ Meaning: unavoidable, inescapable, bound to happen, sure to happen, unpreventable,
→ Usage: His resignation was inevitable.
→ Definition: unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated.
→ Meaning: impregnable, invulnerable, impenetrable, inviolable
→ Usage: The world's most unassailable fortress.
→ Definition: strange; odd.
→ Meaning: odd, strange, unusual, funny, peculiar, curious, bizarre
→ Usage: It seemed queer to see the windows all dark.
→ Definition: the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance.
→ Meaning: prevalence, predominance, dominance
→ Usage: The preponderance of women among older people.
→ Definition: not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous.
→ Meaning: unnecessary, not required, inessential, unessential
→ Usage: An appropriate use for a redundant church.
→ Definition: a general agreement.
→ Meaning: agreement, harmony, concord, likemindedness, concurrence, consent
→ Usage: There is a growing consensus that the current regime has failed.
→ Definition: a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
→ Meaning: failure, catastrophe, disaster, disintegration, mess, wreck, ruin; downfall,
→ Usage: The only man to reach double figures in the second-innings debacle.
→ Definition: lay siege to.
→ Meaning: besieged, under siege, blockaded, surrounded, encircled, hemmed in, under attack
→ Usage: He led a relief force to the aid of the beleaguered city.
→ Definition: lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring
→ Meaning: uninspired, uninspiring, unimaginative, dull, humdrum, colorless,
→ Usage: No excuses were made for the team's lackluster performance.
→ Definition: a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger.
→ Meaning: danger, peril, risk, hazard, threat; jeopardy
→ Usage: A new initiative aimed at beating the menace of drugs.
→ Meaning: Humidify, moisten, wet
→ Definition: Make slightly wet.
→ Usage: The fine rain dampened her face.
→ Meaning: invest in, grant to, give to
→ Definition: confer or bestow (power, authority, property, etc.) on someone.
→ Usage: Executive power is vested in the President
→ Meaning: illegal, unlawful, banned
→ Definition: forbidden by law, rules, or custom.
→ Usage: Police were searching for the illicit drugs in the room.
→ Meaning: brief look, glance
→ Definition: a momentary or partial view.
→ Usage: She caught a glimpse of the ocean
→ Meaning: Presentation, description
→ Definition: the action of describing or portraying something precisely.
→ Usage: The artist's exquisite delineation of costume and jewellery
→ Meaning: broken, irregular, discontinuous
→ Definition: occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.
→ Usage: They heard intermittent bursts of gunfire
→ Meaning: offence, crime, sin, wrong
→ Definition: an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence.
→ Usage: They were granted full amnesty for their transgressions.
→ Meaning: Power, dominion, supremacy
→ Definition: Supreme power or authority.
→ Usage: Full West German sovereignty was achieved in 1955.
→ Meaning: flagrant, glaring, obvious
→ Definition: (of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly.
→ Usage: She forced herself to resist his blatant charm
→ Meaning: edge, margin, boundary
→ Definition: the outer limits or edge of an area or object.
→ Usage: New buildings on the periphery of the hospital site.
→ Meaning: Unsafe, dangerous, hazardous, perilous, insecure
→ Definition: in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect
→ Usage: A derelict Georgian mansion
→ Meaning: Engrossing, captivating, absorbing, interesting, enchanting, beguiling, enthralling, riveting
→ Definition: extremely interesting
→ Usage: A fascinating book
→ Meaning: Pray to, call on, appeal to, plead with, Supplicate, solicit
→ Definition: call on (a deity or spirit) in prayer, as a witness, or for inspiration
→ Usage: the antiquated defense of insanity is rarely invoked in England
→ Meaning: as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly
→ Definition: a person who annoys others especially with constant criticism
→ Usage: loud sports commentator who was a tactless gadfly during post-game interviews with the losing team
→ Meaning: Disagreement, lack of agreement, difference of opinion, argument, dispute
→ Definition: the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held.
→ Usage: there was no dissent from this view
→ Meaning: applicability, application, appositeness, bearing, concernment, germaneness, materiality, pertinence, pertinency, relevancy
→ Definition: the quality or state of being closely connected or appropriate.
→ Usage: This film has contemporary relevance
→ Meaning: Analysis, evaluation, assessment, appraisal, review
→ Definition: a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory
→ Usage: A critique of Marxist historicism
→ Meaning: Signal, signaling, sign, signing, motion, wave, ondication
→ Definition: a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning.
→ Usage: he threw out both hands in a gesture of surrender
→ Meaning: Boldness, daring, bravery, courage, pluck, insolence
→ Definition: a willingness to take bold risks.
→ Usage: he whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan
→ Meaning: typify, epitomize, symbolize, be a typical example of
→ Definition: illustrate or clarify by giving an example.
→ Usage: he exemplified his point with an anecdote
→ Meaning: Agree to, accept, approve, consent to
→ Definition: express approval or agreement
→ Usage: the Prime Minister assented to the change
→ Meaning: Give, grant, tender, present, award, hand, yield
→ Definition: give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition).
→ Usage: the powers accorded to the head of state
→ Meaning: vestibule, foyer, hall, entry, lobby, portal
→ Definition: a covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building
→ Usage: the north porch of Hereford Cathedral
→ Meaning: Festival, carnival, holiday, party
→ Definition: an event marked by festivities or celebration
→ Usage: the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
→ Meaning: Blend, combination, amalgamation, joining, bonding
→ Definition: the process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity.
→ Usage: the election results produced pressure for fusion of the parties
→ Meaning: cross, negotiate, travel over/across
→ Definition: travel across or through.
→ Usage: he traversed the forest
→ Meaning: origin, source, root, beginning, start, outset
→ Definition: the origin or mode of formation of something
→ Usage: this tale had its genesis in fireside stories
→ Meaning: Municipal, city, town, urban, metropolitan
→ Definition: relating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal.
→ Usage: a meeting of civic and business leaders
→ Meaning: Make, repair, barrel
→ Definition: a maker or repairer of casks and barrels.
→ Usage: my father coopered casks and barrels for the ships
→ Meaning: wanderer, traveler, drifter, brid of passage
→ Definition: a person who spends their time wandering.
→ Usage: they became rovers who departed further and further from civilization
→ Meaning: Unit, outfit, force
→ Definition: a permanent unit of an army typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel and divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions
→ Usage: the Royal Highland Regiment
→ Meaning: penetrate, invade, intrude on, permeate, enter
→ Definition: enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information..
→ Usage: the organization has been infiltrated by informers
→ Meaning: questioning, vross-questioning, carechism, quizzing
→ Definition: the action of interrogating or the process of being interrogated.
→ Usage: would he keep his mouth shut under interrogation?
→ Meaning: Supplement, addition, complement, extra
→ Definition: a thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part.
→ Usage: computer technology is an adjunct to learning
→ Meaning: fleet, flotilla, navy, squadron
→ Definition: a fleet of warships.
→ Usage: an armada of forty-five warships
→ Meaning: principle, rule, law, tenet, formula
→ Definition: a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged.
→ Usage: the appointment violated the canons of fair play and equal opportunity
→ Meaning: at risk, in peril, in danger, unsafe, unprotected
→ Definition: exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally
→ Usage: we were in a vulnerable position
→ Meaning: power, control, grip, grasp, yoke
→ Definition: the state of being in someone's power, or of having great power over someone.
→ Usage: she was in thrall to her abusive husband
→ Meaning: restraint, curb, check, impediment, barrier
→ Definition: restrictions or impediments to freedom of action.
→ Usage: we will forge our own future, free from the trammels of materialism
→ Meaning: respect, admire, prize, treasure, value
→ Definition: feel deep respect or admiration for (something) .
→ Usage: Cezanne's still lifes were revered by his contemporaries
→ Meaning: durable, resilient, tough, hard-wearing, longlasting, well made,
→ Definition: (of an object) sturdy in construction
→ Usage: a robust metal cabinet
→ Meaning: maybe, possibly, conceivably, feasibly
→ Definition: used to express uncertainty or possibility.
→ Usage: perhaps I should have been frank with him
→ Meaning: high, tall, lofty, sky-high, steep
→ Definition: extremely tall, especially in comparison with the surroundings.
→ Usage: Hari looked up at the towering buildings
→ Meaning: ancestor, forefather, forebear, parant
→ Definition: a person who originates a cultural or intellectual movement.
→ Usage: his children were the progenitors of many of Scotland's noble families
→ Meaning: activity, progress
→ Definition: the quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
→ Usage: the dynamism and strength of the economy
→ Meaning: lopsided, unsymmetrical, crooked
→ Definition: having parts which fail to correspond to one another in shape, size, or arrangement; lacking symmetry.
→ Usage: the church has an asymmetrical plan with an aisle only on one side
→ Meaning: buttress, support, brace, underpin, reinforce
→ Definition: support or keep in position
→ Usage: she propped her chin in the palm of her right hand
→ Meaning: diligent, careful, meticulous, thorough, sedulous, attentive
→ Definition: showing great care and perseverance.
→ Usage: She was assiduous in pointing out every feature
→ Meaning: intermittent, irregular, sporadic, periodic, fitful
→ Definition: occurring occasionally and at irregular intervals.
→ Usage: volcanic activity is highly episodic in nature
→ Meaning: impermeable, impenetrable, waterproof
→ Definition: not allowing fluid to pass through.
→ Usage: an impervious layer of basaltic clay
→ Meaning: fickle, inconstant, changeable, variable, unstable, mercurial, erratic
→ Definition: given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.
→ Usage: A capricious and often brutal administration
→ Meaning: seen, factual, actual, real, verifiable, firsthand
→ Definition: based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
→ Usage: They provided considerable empirical evidence to support their argument
→ Meaning: abstruse, obscure, arcane, cryptic, difficult, puzzling
→ Definition: intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
→ Usage: Esoteric philosophical debates
→ Meaning: unavoidable, certain, sure, fated, inexorable
→ Definition: certain to happen; unavoidable.
→ Usage: war was inevitable
→ Meaning: showy, loud, fancy, ornate, affected, actorly, kitsch
→ Definition: characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress.
→ Usage: A simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious
→ Meaning: moving, sad, touching, tearful, pitiful, tragic
→ Definition: evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
→ Usage: A poignant reminder of the passing of time
→ Meaning: Sardonic, ironic, satirical
→ Definition: marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt
→ Usage: Making sarcastic comments
→ Meaning: conceited, egoistic, egocentric, self-loving
→ Definition: having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth.
→ Usage: Their flattery made him vain
→ Meaning: Injury, damage, hurt, wound, sore, cut, lesion
→ Definition: physical injury.
→ Usage: Rupture of the diaphragm caused by blunt trauma
→ Meaning: distant, detached, unresponsive, remote, stuffy
→ Definition: not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.
→ Usage: They were courteous but faintly aloof
→ Meaning: tireless, untiring, unwearied, unflagging
→ Definition: (of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly.
→ Usage: An indefatigable defender of human rights
→ Meaning: slow, unhurried, tardy, lax, slack, idle, lazy
→ Definition: slow to act.
→ Usage: He had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor
→ Meaning: disciplinarian, taskmaster, tyrant, drill sergeant
→ Definition: a person who demands complete obedience; a strict disciplinarian.
→ Usage: The woman in charge was a martinet who treated all those beneath her like children
→ Meaning: illegal, illicit, illegitimate, against the law
→ Definition: not conforming to, permitted by, or Recognized by law or rules.
→ Usage: The use of unlawful violence
→ Meaning: legacy, inheritance, endowment, estate, heritage, bestowal, donation
→ Definition: the action of bequeathing something.
→ Usage: A painting acquired by bequest
→ Meaning: credulous, trustful, naive, innocent, ignorant, simple, unguared
→ Definition: easily persuaded to believe something; credulous
→ Usage: an attempt to persuade a gullible public to spend their money
→ Meaning: misleading, illusory, illusive, ambiguous, delusive,
→ Definition: giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading
→ Usage: He put the question with deceptive casualness
→ Meaning: difficult to catch/find, difficult to track down
→ Definition: difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
→ Usage: Success will become ever more elusive
→ Meaning: despotism, absolutism, autocracy, dictatorship
→ Definition: cruel and oppressive government or rule.
→ Usage: Refugees fleeing tyranny and oppression
→ Meaning: refund, repayment, partial refund
→ Definition: a partial refund to someone who has paid too much for tax, rent, or a utility.
→ Usage: The scheme eases the move to the council tax by giving rebates in the first year
→ Meaning: sticking, adherence, gluing, fixing, union, festening
→ Definition: the action or process of adhering to a surface or object.
→ Usage: The adhesion of the gum strip to the paper
→ Meaning: genius, expert, master, artist, doyen
→ Definition: a person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
→ Usage: A celebrated clarinet virtuoso
→ Meaning: ragamuffin, guttersnipe
→ Definition: a homeless, neglected, or abandoned person, especially a child.
→ Usage: she is foster-mother to various waifs and strays
→ Meaning: Secondary, underlying, undisclosed, unexpressed, unapparent, hidden, covert
→ Definition: existing beyond what is obvious or admitted; intentionally hidden.
→ Usage: could there be an ulterior motive behind his request?
→ Meaning: revealing, revelatory, meaningful, significant, meaning
→ Definition: revealing, indicating, or betraying something.
→ Usage: The telltale bulge of a concealed weapon
→ Meaning: daze, state of senselessness
→ Definition: a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility
→ Usage: A drunken stupor
→ Meaning: revoke, repeal, cancel, overtrun, annul, withdraw
→ Definition: revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).
→ Usage: the government eventually rescinded the directive
→ Meaning: rancor, ill feeling, bad blood, animosity, bitterness
→ Definition: bitterness or ill feeling.
→ Usage: the AGM dissolved into acrimony
→ Meaning: decrease, decline, reduce, lessen
→ Definition: make or become less.
→ Usage: The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances
→ Meaning: merriment, high spirits, cheer, gaiety, fun, jollity, joy
→ Definition: amusement, especially as expressed in laughter.
→ Usage: his six-foot frame shook with mirth
→ Meaning: bodily, fleshly, carnal, human, mortal, earthly
→ Definition: relating to a person's body, especially as opposed to their spirit.
→ Usage: He was frank about his corporeal appetites
→ Meaning: quip, witticism, gem, jest, pun, sally
→ Definition: a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way
→ Usage: a Wildean epigram
→ Meaning: admirable, worthy, deserving, noteworthy, reputable, sterling
→ Definition: (of an action, idea, or aim) deserving praise and commendation.
→ Usage: laudable though the aim might be, the results have been criticized
→ Meaning: unwilling, disinclined, unenthusiastic, grudging, resisting
→ Definition: unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
→ Usage: She seemed reluctant to answer
→ Meaning: Vote, ballot, referendum,
→ Definition: the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution.
→ Usage: the administration will hold a plebiscite for the approval of constitutional reforms
→ Meaning: non-professional, layman, layperson
→ Definition: a person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid basis.
→ Usage: it takes five years for a top amateur to become a real Tour de France rider
→ Meaning: drive out, cast out, expel
→ Definition: rid (a person or place) of a supposed evil spirit.
→ Usage: infants were exorcised prior to baptism
→ Meaning: adversary, opponent, enemy, foe, rival, competitor
→ Definition: a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
→ Usage: the woman was forcing her antagonist's face into the mud
→ Meaning: anomaly, deviation, abnormality, variation, quirk
→ Definition: a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one.
→ Usage: they described the outbreak of violence in the area as an aberration
→ Meaning: curt, abrupt, blunt, short, terse, brisk, crisp
→ Definition: abrupt or offhand in speech or manner
→ Usage: She could be brusque and impatient
→ Meaning: eccentric, odd, outlandish, offbeat, zany, weird
→ Definition: having or characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits or aspects.
→ Usage: Her sense of humour was decidedly quirky
→ Meaning: survey, exploration, observation, probe, scan
→ Definition: military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features
→ Usage: An excellent aircraft for low-level reconnaissance
→ Meaning: Dull, boring, tedious, monotonous, banal, ordinary, everyday
→ Definition: lacking excitement or variety; boringly monotonous.
→ Usage: humdrum routine work
→ Meaning: renovate, redecorate, refurbish, recondition, rehabilitate, rebuild, overhaul
→ Definition: give new and improved form, structure, or appearance to.
→ Usage: An attempt to revamp the museum's image
→ Meaning: desire, crave, have oneaetms heart set on
→ Definition: yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another).
→ Usage: I covet one of their smart bags
→ Meaning: Accidentally, by accident, unwittingly
→ Definition: without intention; accidentally.
→ Usage: His name had been inadvertently omitted from the list
→ Meaning: misunderstand, misinterpret, misconceive, miss, confuse, confound
→ Definition: interpret (a person's words or actions) wrongly.
→ Usage: my advice was deliberately misconstrued
→ Meaning: Feeling, relaxed, calm
→ Definition: (of a person or manner) feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm.
→ Usage: She gave a nonchalant shrug
→ Meaning: Connection, focal point
→ Definition: a connection or series of connections linking two or more things.
→ Usage: The nexus between industry and political power
→ Meaning: incendiaries, pyromania, fire-raising, firebombing
→ Definition: the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property
→ Usage: Police are treating the fire as arson
→ Meaning: Insolvent, without, denuded of, vacant of
→ Definition: completely lacking in a particular good quality.
→ Usage: His father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home
→ Meaning: Plentiful, copious, ample, profuse, rich, lavish, liberal, bountiful, bumber
→ Definition: existing or available in large quantities; plentiful
→ Usage: there was abundant evidence to support the theory
→ Meaning: Absolution, clearing, exoneration, exculpation,
→ Definition: a judgment or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.
→ Usage: the trial resulted in an acquittal
→ Meaning: Basic, elementary, introductory, early, primary, initial, first
→ Definition: involving or limited to basic principles.
→ Usage: He received a rudimentary education
→ Meaning: hesitation, compunction, reservation, thoughtd
→ Definition: a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action.
→ Usage: I had no scruples about eavesdropping
→ Meaning: misleading, deceptive, false, unsound
→ Definition: superficially plausible, but actually wrong.
→ Usage: A specious argument
→ Meaning: firm, tight, fast, clinging, good
→ Definition: tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.
→ Usage: A tenacious grip
→ Meaning: indescribable, beyond words, unthinkable, inconceivable
→ Definition: too great or awful to describe.
→ Usage: Moments of unutterable grief
→ Meaning: dissenting, differing, discordant, negative
→ Definition: in opposition to a majority or official opinion.
→ Usage: dissentient voices were castigated as hopeless bureaucrats
→ Meaning: scepticism, doubt, mistrust, distrust
→ Definition: an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; scepticism
→ Usage: public cynicism about politics
→ Meaning: detestable, hateful, loathsome, execrable
→ Definition: inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant.
→ Usage: Racism was abhorrent to us all
→ Meaning: reject, repudiate, abandon, resign
→ Definition: formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession)
→ Usage: Isabella offered to renounce her son's claim to the French Crown
→ Meaning: Strange, peculiar, odd, funny, curious, offbeat, outlandish, queer
→ Definition: very strange or unusual.
→ Usage: a bizarre situation
→ Meaning: abusive, vituperative, derogatory, pejorative, libelous
→ Definition: making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.
→ Usage: A scurrilous attack on his integrity
→ Meaning: slander, libel, character assassination, calumniation
→ Definition: the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander.
→ Usage: A bitter struggle marked by calumny and litigation
→ Meaning: plentiful, copious, ample, profuse, rich, liberal, opulent
→ Definition: existing or available in large quantities; plentiful.
→ Usage: There was abundant evidence to support the theory
→ Meaning: clap, cheer, whistle, praise, commend, salute
→ Definition: show approval or praise by clapping.
→ Usage: The crowd whistled and applauded
→ Meaning: absolve, clear, acquit, discharge , release, relive, free
→ Definition: (of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.
→ Usage: an inquiry exonerated those involved
→ Meaning: praiseworthy, admirable, estimable, creditable, excellent
→ Definition: deserving reward or praise.
→ Usage: A medal for meritorious conduct
→ Meaning: rebuke, reproof, reproval, admonition, scolding
→ Definition: the expression of disapproval or disappointment
→ Usage: He gave her a look of reproach
→ Meaning: reserve, restraint, inhibition, shyness, modesty
→ Definition: the quality of being reticent; reserve.
→ Usage: The traditional emotional reticence of the British
→ Meaning: Ploy, stratagem, tactic, move, device, scheme, trick
→ Definition: an action intended to deceive someone; a trick
→ Usage: Emma tried to think of a ruse to get Paul out of the house
→ Meaning: Foretall, prevent, secure
→ Definition: take action in order to prevent (an anticipated event) happening; forestall
→ Usage: The government pre-empted a coup attempt
→ Meaning: bitterness, spite, hate, ill will, vitriol
→ Definition: bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long standing.
→ Usage: He spoke without rancour
→ Meaning: hermit, ascetic
→ Definition: a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.
→ Usage: She has turned into a virtual recluse
→ Meaning: contrition, repentance, guilt, sorrow, compunction
→ Definition: deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.
→ Usage: They were filled with remorse and shame
→ Meaning: physical, carnal, bodily, animal
→ Definition: of or arousing gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure.
→ Usage: The production of the ballet is sensual and passionate
→ Meaning: rise and fall, surge, wave, billow, roll, swell, ripple
→ Definition: move with a smooth wave-like motion.
→ Usage: Her body undulated to the thumping rhythm of the music
→ Meaning: cautious, careful, chary, alert, prudent
→ Definition: feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.
→ Usage: Dogs which have been mistreated often remain very wary of strangers
→ Meaning: hackneyed, banal, vapid, ordinary, predictabe
→ Definition: (of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse
→ Usage: This point may now seem obvious and trite
→ Meaning: Slow, unhurried, tardy, lax, sluggish, idle, indolent
→ Definition: slow to act.
→ Usage: He had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor
→ Meaning: Fundamental, basic, main, chief, primary, prime, first
→ Definition: of the greatest importance; fundamental.
→ Usage: Two cardinal points must be borne in mind
→ Meaning: Brag, show-off, trumpeter, poser, egotist
→ Definition: a person who boasts about their achievements or possessions
→ Usage: braggart men
→ Meaning: Relieve, ease, alleviate, smother, lessen, lower
→ Definition: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
→ Usage: The letter assuaged the fears of most members
→ Meaning: extreme/dire poverty, pennilessness, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence
→ Definition: the state of being very poor; extreme poverty.
→ Usage: He couldn't face another year of penury
→ Meaning: Slight, flimsy, weak, fragile, shaky
→ Definition: very weak or slight
→ Usage: The tenuous link between interest rates and investment
→ Meaning: murky, muddy, thick,
→ Definition: (of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter.
→ Usage: The turbid estuary
→ Meaning: wordy, garrulous, talkative, voluble, effusive
→ Definition: (using or expressed in more words than are needed.
→ Usage: Much academic language is obscure and verbose
→ Meaning: revere, respect, worship, hallow, deify
→ Definition: regard with great respect; revere
→ Usage: Philip of Beverley was venerated as a saint
→ Meaning: Sticky, gummy, tacky, syrupy
→ Definition: having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity
→ Usage: Viscous lava
→ Meaning: Suspension, remission, reserve, suspense
→ Definition: a state of temporary disuse or suspension.
→ Usage: Matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries
→ Meaning: dither, teeter, temporize, hesitate, fluctuate
→ Definition: waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.
→ Usage: I vacillated between teaching and journalism
→ Meaning: equivalent to, equal to, amounting to, as good as, more or less, synonymous with, virtually the same as, much the same as
→ Definition: equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as
→ Usage: The resignations were tantamount to an admission of guilt
→ Meaning: Closeness, nearness, presence, propinquity
→ Definition: a nearness in space, time, or relationship
→ Usage: Do not operate microphones in close proximity to television sets
→ Meaning: ample, profuse, generous, liberal, lavish
→ Definition: complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree
→ Usage: The press are embarrassingly fulsome in their appreciation
→ Meaning: praise enthusiastically, go into raptures about/over, wax lyrical about, sing the praises of, praise to the skies, heap praise on
→ Definition: praise enthusiastically
→ Usage: He extolled the virtues of the Russian peoples
→ Meaning: tasteless, unflavoured, bland, weak, thin
→ Definition: lacking flavour; weak or tasteless
→ Usage: Mugs of insipid coffee
→ Meaning: Penetrating, acute, sharp, keen, canny, clever, smart, quick
→ Definition: (of a person or mental process) intelligently analytical and clear-thinking.
→ Usage: She was an incisive critic
→ Meaning: idolization, idolizing, fetishization, worship, worshipping, adulation, adoration, adoring, reverence, glorification
→ Definition: extreme admiration, love, or reverence for something or someone..
→ Usage: We must not allow our idolatry of art to obscure issues of political significance
→ Meaning: scorn, deride, slight, undervalue
→ Definition: consider to be unworthy of one's consideration..
→ Usage: He disdained his patients as an inferior rabble
→ Meaning: Honour, recognition, privilege, award, gift, title
→ Definition: an award or privilege granted as a special honour or as an acknowledgement of merit.
→ Usage: The hotel has won numerous accolades
→ Meaning: pungent, bitter, sharp, sour, tart, harsh, acid, acidic
→ Definition: unpleasantly bitter or pungent.
→ Usage: Acrid smoke
→ Meaning: Supplement, addition, accompaniment, complement, additive, accessory
→ Definition: a thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part.
→ Usage: Computer technology is an adjunct to learning
→ Meaning: pillow, cushion, support, pad, rest
→ Definition: a long, thick pillow that is placed under other pillows for support
→ Usage: the fall in interest rates is starting to bolster confidence
→ Meaning: Speaker, lecturer, declaimer
→ Definition: a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled.
→ Usage: A theatrically effective orator
→ Meaning: Objector, pacifier, concientious
→ Definition: a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable
→ Usage: she was a committed pacifist all her life
→ Meaning: Suggest, smack of, have a suggestion of
→ Definition: have a suggestion or trace of (a quality or attribute, typically one considered bad).
→ Usage: Their genuflections savoured of superstition and popery
→ Meaning: Excess, surplus, abundance, oversupply, avalanche, deluge
→ Definition: an excessive amount of something.
→ Usage: A surfeit of food and drink
→ Meaning: untalkative, reticent, quiet, mute, dumb, inarticulate
→ Definition: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
→ Usage: After such gatherings she would be taciturn and morose
→ Meaning: Joke, quip, witty remark, flash of wit, jest, pun, pleasantry
→ Definition: a witty remark.
→ Usage: Maurice roared with laughter at his own witticisms
→ Meaning: resign, retire, quit, stand down
→ Definition: (of a monarch) renounce one's throne.
→ Usage: in 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated as German emperor
→ Meaning: waste, become emaciate, wither, shrivel, wilt
→ Definition: (of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution
→ Usage: The calf muscles will atrophy
→ Meaning: Accepted truth, general truth, dictum, truism, principle
→ Definition: a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self evidently true.
→ Usage: The axiom that sport builds character
→ Meaning: Shine, brighten, smooth, glaze
→ Definition: polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing.
→ Usage: Highly burnished armour
→ Meaning: disaster, calamity, tragedy, art of God, crisis
→ Definition: a sudden violent political or social upheaval.
→ Usage: The cataclysm of the First World War
→ Meaning: Meet, intersect, cross, connect, link up, coincide
→ Definition: (of lines) tend to meet at a point.
→ Usage: a pair of lines of longitude is parallel at the equator but converge toward the poles
→ Meaning: describe, set forth, set out, present, outline, depict, portray, represent
→ Definition: describe or portray (something) precisely.
→ Usage: The law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent
→ Meaning: underhand, deceitful, dishonest, dubious, dirty
→ Definition: Showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals.
→ Usage: he's as devious as a politician needs to be
→ Meaning: exhaust, tire, weary, devitalize, drain, sap, weaken, enfeeble
→ Definition: make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality.
→ Usage: Enervating heat
→ Meaning: abstruse, obscure, arcane, cryptic, Delphic
→ Definition: intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest
→ Usage: Esoteric philosophical debates
→ Meaning: inborn, natural, inbred, inherent, intrinsic, intuitive, untaught
→ Definition: inborn; natural.
→ Usage: Her innate capacity for organization
→ Meaning: Severe, harsh, stiff, reserved, remote, serious
→ Definition: severe or strict in manner or attitude
→ Usage: he was an austere man, with a rigidly puritanical outlook
→ Meaning: burdensome, heavy, awkward, oppressive
→ Definition: (of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty.
→ Usage: He found his duties increasingly onerous
→ Meaning: deliberate, willful, malicious, spiteful, vicious, evil
→ Definition: (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.
→ Usage: Sheer wanton vandalism
→ Meaning: Talkative, voluble, wordy, rambling
→ Definition: tending to talk a great deal; talkative.
→ Usage: Never loquacious, Sarah was now totally lost for words
→ Meaning: embarrass, shame, abash, appal, crush
→ Definition: cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.
→ Usage: She was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror
→ Meaning: damnation, eternal punishment
→ Definition: (in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unrepentant person passes after death.
→ Usage: She used her last banknote to buy herself a square meal before perdition
→ Meaning: atonement, expiation, self-mortification, penalty
→ Definition: punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing.
→ Usage: He had done public penance for those hasty words
→ Meaning: Change, alteration, transformation, shift, switch, turn
→ Definition: a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
→ Usage: Her husband's sharp vicissitudes of fortune
→ Meaning: meticulous, careful, diligent, attentive, studious, rigorous
→ Definition: showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.
→ Usage: He was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests
→ Meaning: Earthy, worldly, mundane, earthbound
→ Definition: on or relating to the earth.
→ Usage: Increased ultraviolet radiation may disrupt terrestrial ecosystems
→ Meaning: layabout, lagger, slug, snail, idler, lounger
→ Definition: a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others
→ Usage: Staff were under enormous pressure and there was no time for laggards
→ Meaning: horrified, appalled, in shock, wide-eyed, shell-shocked, dismayed
→ Definition: filled with horror or shock.
→ Usage: She winced, aghast at his cruelty
→ Meaning: immaculate, fresh, new, clean, virgin, pure
→ Definition: in its original condition; unspoilt.
→ Usage: Pristine copies of an early magazine
→ Meaning: Argument, quarrel, fight, dissension, quarrel
→ Definition: a noisy argument or disagreement, especially in public.
→ Usage: I had an altercation with the ticket collector
→ Meaning: Luxurious, sumptuous, palatial, grand, magnificent, rich, lush
→ Definition: ostentatiously costly and luxurious.
→ Usage: The opulent comfort of a limousine
→ Meaning: praise enthusiastically, go into raptures about/over, wax lyrical about, acclaim, extol
→ Definition: praise highly in speech or writing.
→ Usage: He was eulogized as a rock star
→ Meaning: shrewd, sharp, bright, brilliant, smart, canny, wise, incisive
→ Definition: having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage.
→ Usage: An astute businessman
→ Meaning: dark, dark-coloured, dull, drab, shady
→ Definition: dark or dull in color or tone.
→ Usage: The night skies were sombre and starless.
→ Meaning: guilty, culpable, aberrant, deviant, lawless
→ Definition: erring or straying from the accepted course or standards.
→ Usage: An errant husband coming back from a night on the tiles
→ Meaning: worry, upset, disturb, trouble
→ Definition: make (someone) anxious or unsettled.
→ Usage: They were perturbed by her capricious behavior
→ Meaning: drink, consume, sup, sip, quaff, swallow, down, guzzle, swill, lap
→ Definition: drink (alcohol).
→ Usage: They were imbibing far too many pitchers of beer
→ Meaning: lying under oath, violation of an oath, giving false evidence/testimony, bearing false witness/testimony
→ Definition: the offence of willfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath.
→ Usage: He claimed two witnesses at his trial had committed perjury
→ Meaning: conquer, trounce, annihilate, worst, overcome, overwhelm,
→ Definition: defeat thoroughly.
→ Usage: he successfully vanquished his rival
→ Meaning: dark, dark-coloured, dull, drab, dingy, shady
→ Definition: dark or dull in color or tone.
→ Usage: The night skies were sombre and starless
→ Meaning: Stay, visit, stop, stopover, residence
→ Definition: a temporary stay.
→ Usage: Her sojourn in Rome
→ Meaning: nonchalant, untroubled, unworried, unruffled, calm, breezy
→ Definition: showing a casual lack of concern.
→ Usage: An insouciant shrug
→ Meaning: Maze, warren, network, web, coil, entanglement
→ Definition: a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze.
→ Usage: You lose yourself in a labyrinth of little streets
→ Meaning: little bit, small amount, particle, degree, speck, fragment, scrap, crumb
→ Definition: a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable.
→ Usage: His statement had a modicum of truth.
→ Meaning: resonant, rich, full, booming, vibrant, deep, clear
→ Definition: (of a person's voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full.
→ Usage: He read aloud with a sonorous and musical voice
→ Meaning: tedious, dull, unexciting, tiresome, unvaried, prosaic, dreary, colourless
→ Definition: dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest..
→ Usage: The statistics that he quotes with monotonous regularity
→ Meaning: destroy, obliterate, liquidate, eradicate, extinguish, exttinguish
→ Definition: destroy utterly; obliterate.
→ Usage: A simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all
→ Meaning: censor, bowdlerize, blue-pencil, redact, cut, edit
→ Definition: remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a text or account).
→ Usage: An expurgated English translation
→ Meaning: mental illness, lunacy, instability, madness, loss of reason
→ Definition: the state of being seriously mentally ill; madness.
→ Usage: He suffered from bouts of insanity
→ Meaning: resentment, affront, anger, distress, unhappiness, hurt, pain, upset, pique, spleen
→ Definition: anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment.
→ Usage: The letter filled Lucy with indignation
→ Meaning: intense, ardent, fervent, zealous, fiery, heated, eager, animated, spirited
→ Definition: having, showing, or caused by strong feelings or beliefs.
→ Usage: Passionate pleas for help
→ Meaning: enrage, incense, anger, inflame, send into a rage
→ Definition: make (someone) extremely angry and impatient.
→ Usage: I was infuriated by your article
→ Meaning: offspring, young, progeny, spawn
→ Definition: a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth
→ Usage: A brood of chicks
→ Meaning: universal cure, cure-all, wonder drug, magic formula, magic bullet
→ Definition: a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.
→ Usage: The panacea for all corporate ills.
→ Meaning: disapproving, reproving, critical, censorious, admonitory
→ Definition: expressing disapproval or disappointment.
→ Usage: She gave him a reproachful look
→ Meaning: Overjoyed, exultant, joyful, rejoicing, gleeful, euphoric, ecstatic, transported
→ Definition: feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.
→ Usage: a large number of jubilant fans ran on to the pitch
→ Meaning: understand, grasp, take in, see, apprehend, follow, make sense of, fathom, make out
→ Definition: grasp mentally; understand.
→ Usage: he couldn't comprehend her reasons for marrying Lovat
→ Meaning: embargo, ban, prohibition, suspension, stay, stoppage, halt
→ Definition: a temporary prohibition of an activity
→ Usage: a moratorium on the use of drift nets
→ Meaning: quarrel, fight, argue, bicker, squabble, dispute, clash
→ Definition: be engaged in a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.
→ Usage: Hoover feuded with the CIA for decades
→ Meaning: Make deaf, make temporarily deaf,
→ Definition: cause (someone) to lose the power of hearing permanently or temporarily.
→ Usage: We were deafened by the explosion
→ Meaning: chance, accident, coincidence, destiny, foruity
→ Definition: chance or luck as an arbitrary force affecting human affairs.
→ Usage: some malicious act of fortune keeps them separate
→ Meaning: Jealousy, desire, enciousness
→ Definition: a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.
→ Usage: She felt a twinge of envy for the people on board
→ Meaning: parade, exhibit, show off, draw attention to
→ Definition: display (something) ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance
→ Usage: newly rich consumers eager to flaunt their prosperity
→ Meaning: taunt, sneer, jeer, insult, barb
→ Definition: an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt.
→ Usage: a jibe at his old rivals.
→ Meaning: gruesome, horrid, fearful, hideous, macabre, dire, awful
→ Definition: causing horror or disgust.
→ Usage: The town was shaken by a series of grisly crimes
→ Meaning: Coax, sway, prompt, inveigle, entice, tempt, make, get
→ Definition: induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
→ Usage: It wasn't easy, but I persuaded him to do the right thing
→ Meaning: Fuzz, lint, dust
→ Definition: soft fibres from fabrics such as wool or cotton which accumulate in small light clumps.
→ Usage: he brushed his sleeve to remove the fluff
→ Meaning: Sleet, precipitation, beat, rain, fall, drop
→ Definition: pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds
→ Usage: rain and hail bounced on the tiled roof
→ Meaning: refer to, suggest, hint at, imply, mention, touch on, cite
→ Definition: suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at.
→ Usage: She had a way of alluding to Jean but never saying her name
→ Meaning: disobey, refuse to obey, flout, disregard, ignore
→ Definition: openly resist or refuse to obey.
→ Usage: a woman who defies convention
→ Meaning: evade, avoid, get away from, dodge, flee, escape (from)
→ Definition: escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skilful or cunning way.
→ Usage: he tried to elude the security men by sneaking through a back door
→ Meaning: Equivocal, uncertain, unsure, doubtful, indecisive, irresolute, unresolved, mixed
→ Definition: having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
→ Usage: some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her
→ Meaning: Story, tale, narrative, sketch
→ Definition: a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
→ Usage: He told anecdotes about his job
→ Meaning: object, protest, take issue, take exception, cavil
→ Definition: raise objections or show reluctance.
→ Usage: normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred.
→ Meaning: careful, circumspect, cautious, wary, chary, guarded, close-mouthed
→ Definition: careful and prudent in one's speech or actions, especially in order to keep something confidential or to avoid embarrassment.
→ Usage: We made some discreet inquiries
→ Meaning: resuscitate, bring back from the edge of death
→ Definition: restore to life or consciousness.
→ Usage: both men collapsed, but were revived
→ Meaning: uncanny, sinister, ghostly, unnatural, strange, odd, queer, unreal
→ Definition: strange and frightening.
→ Usage: An eerie green glow in the sky
→ Meaning: trouble, bother, burden, distress, vex, irritate, worry, face
→ Definition: (of a problem or difficulty) present itself to (someone) so that action must be taken.
→ Usage: The new government was confronted with many profound difficulties.
→ Meaning: calm, lull, fade, wane, ebb, still, cease, terminate
→ Definition: become less intense, violent, or severe.
→ Usage: I'll wait a few minutes until the storm subsides
→ Meaning: accused, prisoner at the bar
→ Definition: an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law..
→ Usage: The defendant tried to claim that it was selfdefence
→ Meaning: hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede, check, cramp, limit, slow
→ Definition: restrict or impede (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
→ Usage: She was encumbered by her heavy skirts
→ Meaning: disastrous, woeful, dire, tragic, fatal, direful
→ Definition: involving calamity; catastrophic or disastrous
→ Usage: Such calamitous events as fires, hurricanes, and floods
→ Meaning: Lazy, idle, indolent, work-shy, inactive, inert, sluggish, dull, heavy
→ Definition: lazy.
→ Usage: Fatigue made him slothful
→ Meaning: purgation, relief, exorcism, release, purging
→ Definition: the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
→ Usage: Music is a means of catharsis for them.
→ Meaning: criticize, censure, attack, lambaste, brand, denounce
→ Definition: criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.
→ Usage: He was now reviled by the party that he had helped to lead.
→ Meaning: outline, shape, form
→ Definition: an outline representing or bounding the shape or form of something.
→ Usage: She traced the contours of his face with her finger
→ Meaning: rebellion, disorder, misrule, chaos, tumult, nihilism, mobocracy
→ Definition: a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority or other controlling systems
→ Usage: He must ensure public order in a country threatened with anarchy
→ Meaning: recuperate, get better, recover, get well
→ Definition: recover one's health and strength over a period of time after an illness or medical treatment.
→ Usage: He spent eight months convalescing after the stroke.
→ Meaning: breakable, brittle, frangible, flimsy, fine
→ Definition: (of an object) easily broken or damaged.
→ Usage: Fragile items such as glass and china
→ Meaning: discourage, deter, prevent, divert, sidetrack
→ Definition: persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action.
→ Usage: His friends tried to dissuade him from flying
→ Meaning: skulk, loiter, hide, take cover
→ Definition: be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something
→ Usage: A ruthless killer still lurked in the darkness
→ Meaning: sully, tarnish, blacken, stain, taint, smear, spoil, ruin
→ Definition: damage (someone's reputation).
→ Usage: He had besmirched the good name of his family
→ Meaning: beginner, learner, novice, newcomer, tyro, fledgling
→ Definition: a person who is new to a subject or activity
→ Usage: Four-day cooking classes are offered to neophytes and experts
→ Meaning: severe, stern, strict, formal, stiff, dour, grim, cold
→ Definition: severe or strict in manner or attitude.
→ Usage: He was an austere man, with a rigidly puritanical outlook.
→ Meaning: burden, responsibility, liability, obligation, duty, weight, load, charge, mantal
→ Definition: something that is one's duty or responsibility.
→ Usage: The onus is on you to show that you have suffered loss
→ Meaning: Interest, be of interest to, fascinate, attract, draw, lure, tempt
→ Definition: arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate.
→ Usage: I was intrigued by your question
→ Meaning: shade, gradation, degree, variation
→ Definition: a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound
→ Usage: He was familiar with the nuances of the local dialect
→ Meaning: give, grant, tender, award, hand, yield
→ Definition: give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition)
→ Usage: The powers accorded to the head of state.
→ Meaning: giggle, snigger, tee-hee
→ Definition: give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle
→ Usage: Her stutter caused the children to titter
→ Meaning: clique, faction, group, set, band, camp
→ Definition: a secret political clique or faction.
→ Usage: A cabal of dissidents
→ Meaning: devout, dedicated, reverent, holy, godly, faithful, dutiful, righteous
→ Definition: devoutly religious
→ Usage: A deeply pious woman
→ Meaning: Malformed, deformed, distorted, twisted
→ Definition: comically or repulsively ugly or distorted..
→ Usage: A figure wearing a grotesque mask
→ Meaning: establish, settle, ensconce, lodge, set, root, install
→ Definition: establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely
→ Usage: Ageism is entrenched in our society
→ Meaning: unclear, unknown, hidden, doubtful, indeterminate
→ Definition: not discovered or known about; uncertain.
→ Usage: His origins and parentage are obscure.
→ Meaning: tirade, lecture, homily, rant, fulmination, broadside
→ Definition: a lengthy and aggressive speech.
→ Usage: They were subjected to a ten-minute harangue by two border guards
→ Meaning: everlasting, perpetual, eternal, unending, never-ending, abiding, lasting
→ Definition: lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.
→ Usage: His perennial distrust of the media
→ Meaning: rejection, refusal, abandonment, abdication, surrender, disavowal
→ Definition: the action of renouncing or rejecting something..
→ Usage: Abnegation of political power
→ Meaning: deadly, physical, bodily, fleshly, corporal, earthly, fatal, killing
→ Definition: (of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death.
→ Usage: All men are mortal.
→ Meaning: sleepy, drowsy, tired, heavy –eyed, groggy
→ Definition: sleepy; drowsy
→ Usage: a somnolent summer day
→ Meaning: friendly, cordial, civil, easy, easy-going
→ Definition: characterized by friendliness and absence of discord.
→ Usage: An amicable settlement of the dispute
→ Meaning: confused, muddled, addled, dizzy, foggy, fuzzy
→ Definition: cause to become unable to think clearly
→ Usage: even in my befuddled state I could see that they meant trouble
→ Meaning: immature, naïve, green, untried
→ Definition: (of a young person) inexperienced and immature.
→ Usage: Earnest and callow undergraduates
→ Meaning: instigate, incite, provoke, excite, prompt, start, kindle
→ Definition: instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action)
→ Usage: They accused him of fomenting political unrest
→ Meaning: smirk, snicker, snigger
→ Definition: a contemptuous or mocking smile, remark, or tone
→ Usage: He acknowledged their presence with a condescending sneer.
→ Meaning: outcast, leper, reject, untouchable, undesirable
→ Definition: an outcast.
→ Usage: They were treated as social pariahs.
→ Meaning: abstain, refrain, forbear, hold back, keep
→ Definition: stop doing something; cease or abstain.
→ Usage: Each pledged to desist from acts of sabotage
→ Meaning: crave, write, etch, cut, score, incise
→ Definition: write or carve (words or symbols) on something, especially as a formal or permanent record.
→ Usage: His name was inscribed on the new silver trophy
→ Meaning: yield, give in, give way, submit, surrender, capitulate, cave in
→ Definition: fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.
→ Usage: We cannot merely give up and succumb to despair.
→ Meaning: lying, untruthful, dishonest, false, double-dealing, two-faced, perfidious
→ Definition: not telling the truth; lying
→ Usage: mendacious propaganda
→ Meaning: petulant, testy, touchy, waspish, prickly, crusty, cross, crabby
→ Definition: complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner.
→ Usage: She became querulous and demanding
→ Meaning: disorder, disarray, confusion, bedlam, furore, babel
→ Definition: complete disorder and confusion
→ Usage: Snow caused chaos in the region
→ Meaning: estrange, turn away, isolate, detach, distance
→ Definition: make (someone) feel isolated or estranged.
→ Usage: An urban environment which would alienate its inhabitants
→ Meaning: recuperate, get better, recover, get well
→ Definition: recover one's health and strength over a period of time after an illness or medical treatment.
→ Usage: He spent eight months convalescing after the stroke
→ Meaning: sully, tarnish, blacken, stain, taint, smear, spoil, ruin
→ Definition: damage (someone's reputation).
→ Usage: He had besmirched the good name of his family.
→ Meaning: revulsion, repugnance, aversion, distaste, loathing
→ Definition: a feeling of revulsion or strong disapproval aroused by something unpleasant or offensive.
→ Usage: The sight filled her with disgust.
→ Meaning: prejudice, bias, bigotry, intolerance, partisanship,
→ Definition: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
→ Usage: Victims of racial discrimination.
→ Meaning: awareness, alertness, sentience, responsiveness, wwakefulness
→ Definition: the state of being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings.
→ Usage: She failed to regain consciousness and died two days later
→ Meaning: overstate, overstress, overvalue, overestimate, magnify
→ Definition: represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.
→ Usage: She was apt to exaggerate any aches and pains.
→ Meaning: weakening, enervative, tiring, exhausting, devitalizing, draining
→ Definition: make (someone) very weak and infirm
→ Usage: He was severely debilitated by a stomach upset
→ Meaning: order, edict, command, mandate, precept
→ Definition: an official order that has the force of law.
→ Usage: The decree guaranteed freedom of assembly
→ Meaning: brooding, heart-searching, self-absorption
→ Definition: the examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes.
→ Usage: Quiet introspection can be extremely valuable
→ Meaning: strange, unusual, odd, funny, curious, weird
→ Definition: different to what is normal or expected; strange.
→ Usage: He gave her some very peculiar looks
→ Meaning: contradiction, rebuttal, repudiation
→ Definition: the action of denying something.
→ Usage: She shook her head in denial
→ Meaning: examine, feel, prod, poke, check
→ Definition: explore or examine (something), especially with the hands or an instrument.
→ Usage: Hands probed his body from top to bottom.
→ Meaning: flood, deluge, immerse, swamp, inundate
→ Definition: (of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.
→ Usage: The cafe was engulfed in flames
→ Meaning: brave, courageous, valiant, bold, plucky, daring, fearless
→ Definition: (of a person or their behavior) brave; heroic.
→ Usage: She had made gallant efforts to pull herself together
→ Meaning: practical, joke, joke, jest, prank, trick, jape
→ Definition: a humorous or malicious deception.
→ Usage: The evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax
→ Meaning: barter, bargain, negotiate, quibble, wrangle
→ Definition: dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something.
→ Usage: The two sides are haggling over television rights.
→ Meaning: appoint, induct, install, invest, anoint, consecrate
→ Definition: An excessively abundant supply of something
→ Usage: there is a glut of cars on the market
→ Meaning: the sky, heaven, the blue,
→ Definition: the heavens or sky.
→ Usage: Thunder shakes the firmament
→ Meaning: intruding, invasive, obtrusive, interrupting, trespassing, unwanted
→ Definition: causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited
→ Usage: That was an intrusive question
→ Meaning: equivocate, stall, delay, prevaricate, hesitate
→ Definition: avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time.
→ Usage: The opportunity was missed because the queen still temporized
→ Meaning: saririze, mock, ridicule, rag, tease
→ Definition: publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.
→ Usage: The actor was lampooned by the press
→ Meaning: wrestle, struggle, tussle
→ Definition: engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; wrestle.
→ Usage: passers-by grappled with the man after the knife attack.
→ Meaning: linger, dally, idle, and waste time
→ Definition: waste time; be slow.
→ Usage: she mustn't dawdleae”she had to make the call now.
→ Meaning: riot, tear, run amok, storm, charge
→ Definition: (especially of a large group of people) move through a place in a violent and uncontrollable manner.
→ Usage: Several thousand demonstrators rampaged through the city
→ Meaning: antagonism, bitterness, malevolence, malice, rancor, venom, anger, hatred
→ Definition: hostile behavior; unfriendliness or opposition.
→ Usage: Their hostility to all outsiders
→ Meaning: dither, teeter, temporize, hesitate, fluctuate,
→ Definition: waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.
→ Usage: I vacillated between teaching and journalism.
→ Meaning: appoint, induct, install, invest, anoint, consecrate
→ Definition: make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on
→ Usage: He was ordained a minister before entering Parliament
→ Meaning: supply, delivery, furnishing, allocation, distribution, presentation
→ Definition: The action of providing or supplying something for use.
→ Usage: New contracts for the provision of services
→ Meaning: condition, precondition, provision, prerequisite, specification
→ Definition: a condition or requirement that is specified or demanded as part of an agreement
→ Usage: They donated their collection of prints with the stipulation that they never be publicly exhibited
→ Meaning: tomb, sepulcher, crypt, vault, catacomb
→ Definition: a stately or impressive building housing a tomb or group of tombs
→ Usage: The cathedral was built in 1517 as a royal mausoleum
→ Meaning: establish, settle, lodge, set, root, install, plant, embed, anchor, seat
→ Definition: establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.
→ Usage: Ageism is entrenched in our society
→ Meaning: deceit, duplicity, fraud, guile, pretence, artifice
→ Definition: the action of deceiving someone.
→ Usage: Obtaining property by deception.
→ Meaning: amazing, astonishing, shocking, surprising, stunning
→ Definition: surprisingly impressive or notable
→ Usage: The summit offers astounding views.
→ Meaning: fear, apprehension, dread, agitation, dismay, alarm
→ Definition: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.
→ Usage: The men set off in fear and trepidation
→ Meaning: Confidence, certitude, fact, truth, validity
→ Definition: firm conviction that something is the case.
→ Usage: She knew with absolute certainty that they were dead
→ Meaning: shock, appal, outrage, revolt, repel, sicken
→ Definition: shock or horrify (someone) by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality.
→ Usage: Their lack of manners scandalized their hosts.
→ Meaning: Strict, firm, rigid, severe, harsh, tight, exacting, demanding, stiff
→ Definition: (of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting
→ Usage: stringent guidelines on air pollution
→ Meaning: austere, abstinent, Spartan, monastic, simple
→ Definition: characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons
→ Usage: an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labour
→ Meaning: establish, settle, ensconce, lodge, set, root, install, plant
→ Definition: establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely
→ Usage: Ageism is entrenched in our society
→ Meaning: damage, harm, diminish, reduce, weaken, lessen, blunt, impede, disable
→ Definition: weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function)
→ Usage: a noisy job could permanently impair their hearing
→ Meaning: amazing, astonishing, shocking, surprising, striking
→ Definition: surprisingly impressive or notable.
→ Usage: The summit offers astounding views
→ Meaning: look at, view, regard, examine, inspect, observe, survey, study
→ Definition: look thoughtfully for a long time at.
→ Usage: He contemplated his image in the mirrors.
→ Meaning: stun, daze, knock out, benumb, numb
→ Definition: make (someone) unable to think or feel properly
→ Usage: The offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her.
→ Meaning: unpredictable, variable, inconstant, uncertain, unstable,
→ Definition: not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
→ Usage: Her breathing was erratic
→ Meaning: important, well known, leading, eminent, pre-eminent, noted, public, foremost, famed, big, top, great, chief, main
→ Definition: important; famous.
→ Usage: She was a prominent member of the city council
→ Meaning: inclination, drive, compulsion, need
→ Definition: a natural or intuitive way of acting or thinking.
→ Usage: They retain their old authoritarian instincts.
→ Meaning: precondition, condition, essential, requirement, imperative, basic
→ Definition: a thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist
→ Usage: sponsorship is not a prerequisite for any of our courses
→ Meaning: drawn, careworn, worn, pinched, tried, weary
→ Definition: truthful and straightforward; frank
→ Usage: Jean's pale, strained face
→ Meaning: nozzle, lip, rose
→ Definition: a tube or lip projecting from a container, through which liquid can be poured.
→ Usage: A teapot with a chipped spout
→ Meaning: reject, cast off, cast aside, abandon, repudiate, renounce, deny
→ Definition: refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with.
→ Usage: Lovell's rich family had disowned him because of his marriage
→ Meaning: conjecture, supposition, guesswork
→ Definition: the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.
→ Usage: There has been widespread speculation that he plans to quit
→ Meaning: breakable, brittle, frangible, flimsy, delicate, fine
→ Definition: (of an object) easily broken or damaged.
→ Usage: Fragile items such as glass and china.
→ Meaning: fluent, eloquent, effective, persuasive, lucid, vocal
→ Definition: having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently
→ Usage: She was not very articulate.
→ Meaning: legal, lawful, authorized, permitted, permissible, allowable
→ Definition: conforming to the law or to rules.
→ Usage: His claims to legitimate authority
→ Meaning: stylish, smart, attractive, lovely, gorgeous, stunning
→ Definition: stylish and attractive.
→ Usage: snazzy little silk dresses
→ Meaning: Underneath, below, further down, lower down
→ Definition: having, revealing, or involving a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.
→ Usage: a chic, sophisticated woman.
→ Meaning: adjudication, meditation, negotiation, intervention, interposition
→ Definition: The use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute
→ Usage: Tayside Regional Council called for arbitration to settle the dispute
→ Meaning: frank, outspoken, forthright, open, honest, truthful, direct, bluff
→ Definition: truthful and straightforward; frank
→ Usage: His responses were remarkably candid
→ Meaning: Squabble, argue
→ Definition: argue about petty and trivial matters.
→ Usage: couples who bicker over who gets what from the divorce
→ Meaning: vary, differ, shift, change, alter, waver, swing, alternate
→ Definition: rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.
→ Usage: Trade with other countries tends to fluctuate from year to year
→ Meaning: convincing, compelling, strong, forceful, powerful, potent, weighty
→ Definition: (of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing.
→ Usage: They put forward cogent arguments for British membership
→ Meaning: account, story, tale, history, description, record, portrayal, report, rehearsal, recital
→ Definition: a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
→ Usage: A gripping narrative.
→ Meaning: afflict, bedevil, torture, torment, trouble, beset, dog
→ Definition: cause continual trouble or distress to
→ Usage: He has been plagued by ill health.
→ Meaning: Indicate, show, signify, reveal, manifest, Betray, demonstrate
→ Definition: his high, intelligent forehead proclaimed strength of mind that was almost tangible.
→ Usage: indicate clearly
→ Meaning: borrower, mortgagor,
→ Definition: a person, country, or organization that owes money.
→ Usage: Generally, debtors must negotiate with each creditor separately
→ Meaning: cant, humbug, pretence, posturing, empty talk, pietism
→ Definition: the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.
→ Usage: his target was the hypocrisy of suburban life.
→ Meaning: inundation, in rush, rush, stream, flood, ingress
→ Definition: an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things
→ Usage: A massive influx of tourists
→ Meaning: vital, crucial, critical, essential, exigent, pressing, urgent
→ Definition: of vital importance; crucial
→ Usage: immediate action was imperative.
→ Meaning: Recompense, repay, pay back, recoup, requite
→ Definition: give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense.
→ Usage: Payments were made to farmers to compensate them for cuts in subsidies
→ Meaning: assiduity, rigour, heedfulness, carefulness, studiousness
→ Definition: careful and persistent work or effort.
→ Usage: Few party members challenge his diligence as an MP
→ Meaning: Out of date, outdated, outmoded, old-fashioned
→ Definition: no longer produced or used; out of date
→ Usage: The disposal of old and obsolete machinery
→ Meaning: combine, amalgamate, mix, intermix, join, fuse, blend
→ Definition: combine (one thing) with another to form a whole
→ Usage: Transport planning should be integrated with energy policy.
→ Meaning: Reduce, ease, relive, dull, lessen, quiet, blunt, moderate
→ Definition: make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.
→ Usage: He couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it.
→ Meaning: Declare, state, aver, proclaim, pronounce, attest, swear, avow, vow, guarantee, promise, certify
→ Definition: state emphatically or publicly.
→ Usage: He affirmed the country's commitment to peace
→ Meaning: misrepresentation, distortion, corruption, poor imitation, parody
→ Definition: a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.
→ Usage: The absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice
→ Meaning: amends, restitution, redress, compensation, repayment, atonement.
→ Definition: the action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged.
→ Usage: The courts required a convicted offender to make financial reparation to his victim.
→ Meaning: disagreement, argument, dispute, demur
→ Definition: the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held.
→ Usage: There was no dissent from this view
→ Meaning: persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, suppress, repress, subject
→ Definition: keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority
→ Usage: A system which oppressed working people.
→ Meaning: loud, noisy, ear-splitting, blaring, booming, deafening,
→ Definition: involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
→ Usage: The cacophonous sound of slot machines
→ Meaning: brief look, quick look
→ Definition: a momentary or partial view
→ Usage: She caught a glimpse of the ocean
→ Meaning: honest, probity, rectitude, honour, ethics, sincerity, truthfulness, virtue, decency
→ Definition: the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.
→ Usage: A gentleman of complete integrity.
→ Meaning: bigotry, dogmatism, illiberality, parochialism, insularity
→ Definition: unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behaviour that differ from one's own
→ Usage: A struggle against religious intolerance.
→ Meaning: Difficult to catch/find, difficult to track down
→ Definition: difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
→ Usage: Success will become ever more elusive.
→ Meaning: regard as, consider, judge, adjudge, rate, fin, count, esteem, reckon, account
→ Definition: regard or consider in a specified way.
→ Usage: The event was deemed a great success
→ Meaning: Prohibition, proscription, veto, ban, restriction
→ Definition: a social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing
→ Usage: many taboos have developed around physical exposure
→ Meaning: Coordinate, match, blend, mix, balance
→ Definition: produce a pleasing visual combination.
→ Usage: Steeply pitched roofs which harmonize with the form of the main roof.
→ Meaning: Lengthen, make longer, extend, elongate
→ Definition: extend the duration of
→ Usage: An idea which prolonged the life of the engine by many years
→ Meaning: devise, conceive, concoct, brew, invent, plan, design, formulate
→ Definition: conspire to devise (a plot or plan)
→ Usage: The little plot that you and Sylvia hatched up last night
→ Meaning: Settler, colonist, explorer, trailblazer
→ Definition: a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.
→ Usage: The pioneers of the Wild West
→ Meaning: Susceptible, vulnerable, liable, given, disposed
→ Definition: likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable.
→ Usage: Farmed fish are prone to disease
→ Meaning: Suggestions, inference, innuendo, hint, intimation
→ Definition: the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated
→ Usage: The implication is that no one person at the bank is responsible
→ Meaning: unworldly, non-material, immaterial
→ Definition: modelled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic.
→ Usage: It is based on a utopian ideology.
→ Meaning: stimulus, incentive, encouragement, stimulant, inducement, prompt
→ Definition: a thing that prompts or encourages someone; an incentive
→ Usage: Wars act as a spur to practical invention.
→ Meaning: legal, lawful, licit, authorized, valid, upright, allowable
→ Definition: conforming to the law or to rules.
→ Usage: His claims to legitimate authority
→ Meaning: Novels, stories, narration, story telling
→ Definition: literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people.
→ Usage: they were supposed to be keeping up the fiction that they were happily married
→ Meaning: obey, observe, follow, keep to, conform to, accept, accede to
→ Definition: accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation).
→ Usage: I said I would abide by their decision.
→ Meaning: Spying, undercover work, intelligence, cyber-espionage, counter-espionage
→ Definition: the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information
→ Usage: The camouflage and secrecy of espionage
→ Meaning: Killing, murder, slaying
→ Definition: the crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought, or in circumstances not amounting to murder
→ Usage: The defendant was convicted of manslaughter
→ Meaning: insolvent, without, bare of, denuded of
→ Definition: (of a person or organization) declared in law as unable to pay their debts.
→ Usage: His father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home
→ Meaning: widespread, frequent, usual, common, general, universal
→ Definition: widespread in a particular area or at a particular time.
→ Usage: The social ills prevalent in society today
→ Meaning: eliminate, do away with, remove, suppress
→ Definition: destroy completely; put an end to
→ Usage: This disease has been eradicated from the world
→ Meaning: serious, unsmiling, stony, flinty, steely, disapproving, sober
→ Definition: (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline.
→ Usage: A smile transformed his stern face.
→ Meaning: instinctive, intuitive, impulsive, natural, basic, emotinal
→ Definition: used in reference to a feeling or reaction based on an instinctive emotional response rather than considered thought
→ Usage: I had a gut feeling that something was wrong.
→ Meaning: Flagrant, glaring, obvious, undisguised, overt, open, manifest
→ Definition: (of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly.
→ Usage: Blatant lies.
→ Meaning: extortionate, excessive, sky-high, inordinate, huge, enormous
→ Definition: (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high.
→ Usage: Some hotels charge exorbitant rates for phone calls
→ Meaning: flippant, glib, waggish, joking, jokey, nonserious.
→ Definition: not having any serious purpose or value.
→ Usage: Frivolous ribbons and lacy frills
→ Meaning: unparalleled, unequalled, unmatched, unrivalled, without equal
→ Definition: never done or known before
→ Usage: The government took the unprecedented step of releasing confidential correspondence
→ Meaning: fear; be afraid of, worry about
→ Definition: anticipate with great apprehension or fear
→ Usage: Jane was dreading the party.
→ Meaning: contrasting, different, differing, unlike, dissimilar
→ Definition: essentially different in kind; not able to be compared.
→ Usage: They inhabit disparate worlds of thought
→ Meaning: point up, heighten, stress, spotlight, foreground, frature
→ Definition: make more noticeable or prominent.
→ Usage: His jacket unfortunately accentuated his paunch
→ Meaning: aggravate, make worse, worsen, inflame
→ Definition: make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
→ Usage: Rising inflation was exacerbated by the collapse of oil prices.
→ Meaning: acceptance, belief, faith, trust, confidence, reliance, traction
→ Definition: belief in or acceptance of something as true
→ Usage: Psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen.
→ Meaning: be enough, be sufficient, do, serve,
→ Definition: be enough or adequate.
→ Usage: A quick look should suffice.
→ Meaning: obtrusive, unwanted, interrupting, unwelcome
→ Definition: causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited.
→ Usage: That was an intrusive question
→ Meaning: pausing, delay, waiting
→ Definition: the action of pausing before saying or doing something.
→ Usage: She answered without hesitation.
→ Meaning: result, upshot, outcome
→ Definition: a result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
→ Usage: Inflation is a consequence of a rapid growth in the money supply.
→ Meaning: predict, forecast, foretell, expect
→ Definition: contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
→ Usage: The Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers.
→ Meaning: normal, standard, regular, ordinary
→ Definition: based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.
→ Usage: A conventional morality had dictated Behavior.
→ Meaning: break, fracture, crack
→ Definition: (especially of a pipe or container, or bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst suddenly.
→ Usage: If the main artery ruptures he could die.
→ Meaning: uneven, rough, irregular
→ Definition: (of a surface) uneven, with many patches raised above the rest.
→ Usage: The car jolted on the bumpy road.
→ Meaning: emerge, flow, pour
→ Definition: (of a feeling, quality, or sensation) issue or spread out from (a source).
→ Usage: Policy statements which emanate from government departments.
→ Meaning: agreement, assent, accord
→ Definition: permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.
→ Usage: No change may be made without the consent of all the partners.
→ Meaning: apparent, seeming, outward, surface
→ Definition: stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
→ Usage: The real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint.
→ Meaning: Pillow, cushion, pad, support
→ Definition: a long, thick pillow that is placed under other pillows for support.
→ Usage: Most of them were sitting on the floor which was strewn with cushions, bolsters, and rugs.
→ Meaning: be suspended, be poised, hang, float
→ Definition: remain in one place in the air.
→ Usage: Army helicopters hovered overhead.
→ Meaning: board ship, go on board,
→ Definition: go on board a ship or aircraft.
→ Usage: He embarked for India in 1817.
→ Meaning: economic decline, downturn, depression
→ Definition: a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters.
→ Usage: the country is in the depths of a recession.
→ Meaning: figure of speech, image, trope, figurative expression
→ Definition: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
→ Usage: When we speak of gene maps and gene mapping, we use a cartographic metaphor.
→ Meaning: peacemaking, conscientious objection(s), passive resistance, love of peace
→ Definition: the belief that war and violence are unjustifiable and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means.
→ Usage: there remains a powerful undercurrent of pacifism.
→ Meaning: fine distinction, shade, shading, gradation, variation
→ Definition: a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.
→ Usage: He was familiar with the nuances of the local dialect.
→ Meaning: implacable, inflexible, uncompromising, unyielding
→ Definition: not yielding in strength, severity, or determination.
→ Usage: He was an unrelenting opponent of the Jacobite cause.
→ Meaning: disguise, hide, conceal, mask, screen
→ Definition: hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage.
→ Usage: The caravan was camouflaged with netting and branches from trees.
→ Meaning: guess, conjecture, suspect, deduce, infer
→ Definition: suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
→ Usage: He surmised that something must be wrong.
→ Meaning: group, company, band, ensemble, set, cast
→ Definition: a group of dancers, actors, or other entertainers who tour to different venues.
→ Usage: A dance troupe.
→ Meaning: grasping, acquisitive, covetous, greedy, rapacious, mercenary
→ Definition: having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
→ Usage: An avaricious, manipulative woman
→ Meaning: unsettle, nonplus, discomfit, confuse, perplex, ruffle, shake, worry.
→ Definition: disturb the composure of; unsettle.
→ Usage: The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her.
→ Meaning: tirade, lecture, diatribe, homily, polemic, rant, fulmination, broadside, invective
→ Definition: a lengthy and aggressive speech
→ Usage: They were subjected to a ten-minute harangue by two border guards
→ Meaning: unprincipled, immoral, amoral, dishonest, cunning, furtive, sly, bad, evil, wicked
→ Definition: having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair.
→ Usage: Unscrupulous landlords might be tempted to harass existing tenants.
→ Meaning: moralistic, didactic, dogmatic
→ Definition: having or showing a tendency to give moral advice in a tedious or self-righteous way.
→ Usage: His patriotic pictures had a preachy tone
→ Meaning: unashamed, shameless, brazen, confident, immodest, unshrinking, fearless
→ Definition: not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed
→ Usage: He was unabashed by the furore his words provoked
→ Meaning: histrionic, extravagant, overdone, overripe, overemotional, sentimental
→ Definition: characteristic of melodrama, especially in being exaggerated or overemotional.
→ Usage: He flung the door open with a melodramatic flourish.
→ Meaning: imitate, copy, mock, parody, lampoon, caricature
→ Definition: imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule
→ Usage: He mimicked Super Star Rajini voice.
→ Meaning: supporter, adherent, backer, proponent, advocate, promoter, exponent, prime mover
→ Definition: an advocate or champion of a particular cause or idea.
→ Usage: He's a strenuous protagonist of the new agricultural policy.
→ Meaning: Slang, cant, idiom, argot, patter
→ Definition: special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.
→ Usage: legal jargon
→ Meaning: Reminiscent, suggestive, redolent
→ Definition: bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind
→ Usage: Powerfully evocative lyrics
→ Meaning: Underneath, below, further down, lower down
→ Definition: extending or directly underneath something.
→ Usage: A house built on stilts to allow air to circulate beneath.
→ Meaning: utter, complete, absolute, total, pure, perfect, patent
→ Definition: nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis)
→ Usage: she giggled with sheer delight
→ Meaning: afflict, bedevil, torment, trouble, beset, dog, curse
→ Definition: cause continual trouble or distress to
→ Usage: He has been plagued by ill health
→ Meaning: file, log, catalogue, pigeonhole
→ Definition: place or store (something) in an archive.
→ Usage: The entire directory will be archived
→ Meaning: set free, free, release, let out, let go, discharge, deliver
→ Definition: set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression.
→ Usage: The serfs had been liberated
→ Meaning: withdraw, retire, drawback, pull back, pull out, fall back, give way
→ Definition: (of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat
→ Usage: The French retreated in disarray
→ Meaning: battle, fighting, action, conflict, war, warfare
→ Definition: fighting between armed forces.
→ Usage: Five Hurricanes were shot down in combat.
→ Meaning: Pull in, draw in, pull back, sheathe, put away
→ Definition: draw or be drawn back or back in
→ Usage: She retracted her hand as if she'd been burn.
→ Meaning: tolerance, bearing, sufferance
→ Definition: the ability to endure an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.
→ Usage: She was close to the limit of her endurance.
→ Meaning: worry, concern, apprehension
→ Definition: a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.
→ Usage: His anxiety grew as his messages were all left unanswered
→ Meaning: uncommunicative, secret, silent
→ Definition: (of a person or an organization) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information.
→ Usage: She was very secretive about her past.
→ Meaning: invasive, obtrusive, unwanted
→ Definition: causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited.
→ Usage: That was an intrusive question.
→ Meaning: organizer, manager, producer
→ Definition: a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas.
→ Usage: A theatrical impresario.
→ Meaning: flagrant, glaring, obvious, undisguised
→ Definition: (of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly.
→ Usage: A blatant lie.
→ Meaning: sacred, respected, inviolate
→ Definition: (especially of a principle, place, or routine) regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with.
→ Usage: The individual's right to work has been upheld as sacrosanct.
→ Meaning: filter, drain, drip
→ Definition: (of a liquid or gas) filter gradually through a porous surface or substance.
→ Usage: The water percolating through the soil may leach out minerals.
→ Meaning: surround, encircle, enclose, ring, envelop;
→ Definition: surround; enclose.
→ Usage: The stone circle was environed by an expanse of peat soil
→ Meaning: escort, accompany, help, assist
→ Definition: show or guide (someone) somewhere.
→ Usage: He ushered him to a window seat.
→ Meaning: Mortgage, guarantee, pawn
→ Definition: give as security on a loan.
→ Usage: The creditor to whom the land is pledged
→ Meaning: loud, deafening, thunderous, thundering, earsplitting, noisy, vociferous
→ Definition: making an uproar or loud, confused noise.
→ Usage: Tumultuous applause
→ Meaning: alliance, union, partnership, affiliation, bloc, caucus.
→ Definition: a temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government.
→ Usage: A coalition between Liberals and Conservatives.
→ Meaning: impede, hinder, hamper, discourage, obstruct, slow, retard
→ Definition: hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process)
→ Usage: Cold inhibits plant growth
→ Meaning: wriggle, wiggle, writhe, twist, slide, slither, turn, shift, fidget
→ Definition: wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort
→ Usage: He looked uncomfortable and squirmed in his chair.
→ Meaning: reportedly, supposedly, reputedly, ostensibly, apparently, presumedly
→ Definition: used to convey that something is claimed to be the case or have taken place, although there is no proof
→ Usage: He was allegedly a leading participant in the coup attempt
→ Meaning: crawl, squirm, wriggle, writhe, worm, inch, edge
→ Definition: move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed
→ Usage: He crept downstairs, hardly making any noise
→ Meaning: stunt, contrivance, scheme, trick, dodge, ploy, stratagem
→ Definition: a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or trade.
→ Usage: It is not so much a programme to improve services as a gimmick to gain votes.
→ Meaning: annoying, irritating, infuriating, provoking, maddening, goading
→ Definition: causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately
→ Usage: A provocative article.
→ Meaning: doctrine, belief, creed, dogma, credo, theory, view, idea, practice
→ Definition: authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice.
→ Usage: Monetarist orthodoxy.
→ Meaning: partisan, expressing, intending
→ Definition: expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.
→ Usage: A tendentious reading of history
→ Meaning: acceptance, belief, faith, trust, confidence, reliance, traction
→ Definition: belief in or acceptance of something as true.
→ Usage: Psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen
→ Meaning: unwilling, disinclined, grudging, resistant,, opposed, antipathetic.
→ Definition: unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
→ Usage: She seemed reluctant to answer.
→ Meaning: dishonest, deceitful, underhand, underhanded, duplicitous, lying, false
→ Definition: not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
→ Usage: This journalist was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical
→ Meaning: attribute, assign, put down, set down, accredit, credit
→ Definition: regard something as being due to (a cause).
→ Usage: He ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach.
→ Meaning: individualist, nonconformist, free spirit, eccentric, outer side
→ Definition: an unorthodox or independent-minded person.
→ Usage: He's the maverick of the senate
→ Meaning: judgment, adjudication, decision, finding, ruling, resolution, decree, order
→ Definition: a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
→ Usage: The jury returned a verdict of not guilty
→ Meaning: Involve, entangle, ensnare, enmesh, catch up, mix up, bog down, mire
→ Definition: involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.
→ Usage: The organization is currently embroiled in running battles with pressure groups.
→ Meaning: rash, careless, thoughtless, in cautions, heedless, unheeding, inattentive, precipitate
→ Definition: heedless of danger or the consequences of one's actions; rash or impetuous
→ Usage: You mustn't be so reckless.
→ Meaning: law-making, judicial, juridical, administrative
→ Definition: having the power to make laws..
→ Usage: The country's supreme legislative body.
→ Meaning: Doubt, doubtfulness, Dubiousness, lack of conviction
→ Definition: a sceptical attitude; doubt as to the truth of something.
→ Usage: These claims were treated with scepticism.
→ Meaning: Chance, accidental, fortuitous, possible, unforeseen, unpredictable
→ Definition: subject to chance.
→ Usage: The contingent nature of the job.
→ Meaning: Climax, pinnacle, peak, high point, Height, crest, zenith
→ Definition: the highest or climactic point of something, especially as attained after a long time.
→ Usage: The deal marked the culmination of years of negotiation.
→ Meaning: substitute, proxy, replacement
→ Definition: a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office.
→ Usage: Wives of MPs are looked on as surrogates for their husbands while the latter are at Westminster.
→ Meaning: List, itemize, catalogue, set out, set forth, give
→ Definition: mention (a number of things) one by one.
→ Usage: There is not space to enumerate all his works.
→ Meaning: Unselfish, selfless, self-denying
→ Definition: showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish.
→ Usage: It was an entirely altruistic act.
→ Meaning: Individualist, nonconformist, free spirit, eccentric, outsider, trendsetter
→ Definition: an unorthodox or independent-minded person.
→ Usage: he's the maverick of the senate.
→ Meaning: make public, publicize, announce, proclaim, circulate
→ Definition: promote or make widely known (an idea or cause).
→ Usage: These objectives have to be promulgated within the organization.
→ Meaning: financial, money, monetary, fiscal, capital, ccommercial
→ Definition: relating to or consisting of money.
→ Usage: He admitted obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.
→ Meaning: clumsy, slow, heavy, awkward, graceless
→ Definition: slow and clumsy because of great weight.
→ Usage: A swarthy, ponderous giant of a man.
→ Meaning: Speed up, accelerate, hurry, hasten, step up, Quicken
→ Definition: make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.
→ Usage: He promised to expedite economic reforms.
→ Meaning: moral sense, sense of right, still small voice
→ Definition: a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour.
→ Usage: He had a guilty conscience about his desires
→ Meaning: Break, breach, violate.
→ Definition: offend against the prohibition or order of (a law, treaty, or code of conduct).
→ Usage: He contravened the Official Secrets Act.
→ Meaning: Holy place, shrine, altar, refuge, foxhole, hiding place
→ Definition: a sacred place, especially a shrine within a temple or church
→ Usage: An icon installed within the sanctum of the temple
→ Meaning: Huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, very big, very large
→ Definition: very large
→ Usage: A whopping $74 million loss.
→ Meaning: Murder, killing, political execution, slaughter, butchery, extermination, termination
→ Definition: the action of assassinating someone
→ Usage: The assassination of President Kennedy
→ Meaning: thwart, oppose, baulk, disappoint, impede, obstruct
→ Definition: prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding.
→ Usage: A brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery
→ Meaning: Mixed, diverse, assorted, sundry, varied, disparate
→ Definition: incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate.
→ Usage: A motley crew of discontents and zealots.
→ Meaning: Flippant, flip, glib, joking, jocular, playful, impish
→ Definition: treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant
→ Usage: A facetious remark.
→ Meaning: dark, gloomy, grey, leaden, dull, dim, cloudy
→ Definition: dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.
→ Usage: The sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling.
→ Synonyms: hang, hang by the neck
→ Meaning: (of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging.
→ Usage: Her father had been lynched by whites.
→ Synonyms: dry, dried up, waterless, as dry as a bone, thirsty, Dull
→ Meaning: lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning.
→ Usage: His arid years in suburbia
→ Synonyms: Organizer, manager, producer, stage manager
→ Meaning: a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas
→ Usage: Amit Shah plays impresario to this knee-jerk nationalism.
→ Synonyms: dignity, seriousness, solemnity, gravity, loftiness, grandeur
→ Meaning: dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner.
→ Usage: A post for which he has the expertise and the gravitas
→ Synonyms: Danger, peril, risk, hazard, threat
→ Meaning: a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger.
→ Usage: A new initiative aimed at beating the menace of drugs
→ Synonyms: fixation, obsession, compulsion, mania
→ Meaning: a form of sexual desire in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, item of clothing, part of the body, etc..
→ Usage: A man with a fetish for surgical masks
→ Synonyms: flagrant, manifest, unmistakable, open, obvious
→ Meaning: (of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly
→ Usage: Blatant lies
→ Synonyms: sacred, hallowed, inviolable, inviolate, untouchable
→ Meaning: (especially of a principle, place, or routine) regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with
→ Usage: The individual's right to work has been upheld as sacrosanct
→ Synonyms: suffer from, be a constant sufferer from, have chronic
→ Meaning: a person who displays or exaggerates their discomfort or distress in order to obtain sympathy
→ Usage: She wanted to play the martyr
→ Synonyms: dive, descend, drop, plunge, pitch
→ Meaning: (especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air.
→ Usage: The barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness
→ Meaning: Blaze, flash, flame, burn up
→ Definition: burn or shine with a sudden intensity.
→ Usage: The bonfire crackled and flared up
→ Meaning: Activate, set off, set going, trip
→ Definition: cause (a device) to function.
→ Usage: Burglars fled empty-handed after triggering the alarm
→ Meaning: remove, clear, move out, shift, take away, expel, evict.
→ Definition: remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place.
→ Usage: Several families were evacuated from their homes.
→ Meaning: support for, argument for, arguing for, calling for, pushing for
→ Definition: public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy
→ Usage: His outspoken advocacy of the agreement has won no friends
→ Meaning: claim, assertion, declaration, witness, evidence, hint, intimation
→ Definition: a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof.
→ Usage: He made allegations of corruption against the administration
→ Meaning: anxiety, perturbation, distress, concern, alarm, worry
→ Definition: a state of anxiety or nervous excitement.
→ Usage: She was wringing her hands in agitation
→ Meaning: get rid of, eliminate, do away with, remove, suppress
→ Definition: destroy completely; put an end to
→ Usage: This disease has been eradicated from the world
→ Meaning: confusion, tumult, disorder, commotion, unrest, trouble, upset
→ Definition: a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.
→ Usage: The country was in turmoil.
→ Meaning: agree to, approve, bless
→ Definition: express approval or agreement
→ Usage: The Prime Minister assented to the change.
→ Meaning: help, aid, abet, give assistance
→ Definition: help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work.
→ Usage: A senior academic would assist him in his work.
→ Meaning: Blaze, flash, flame
→ Definition: burn or shine with a sudden intensity.
→ Usage: A match flared as he lit a cigarette.
→ Meaning: activate, set off, set going, trip
→ Definition: cause (a device) to function.
→ Usage: Burglars fled empty-handed after triggering the alarm.
→ Meaning: support for, argument for, arguing for, calling for
→ Definition: public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.
→ Usage: His outspoken advocacy of the agreement has won no friends.
→ Meaning: claim, assertion, declaration, statement
→ Definition: a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof.
→ Usage: He made allegations of corruption against the administration.
→ Meaning: anxiety, perturbation, distress, concern
→ Definition: a state of anxiety or nervous excitement.
→ Usage: She was wringing her hands in agitation.
→ Meaning: get rid of, eliminate, do away with, remove
→ Definition: destroy completely; put an end to.
→ Usage: This disease has been eradicated from the world.
→ Meaning: confusion, disorder, disturbance
→ Definition: a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.
→ Usage: A time of great political turmoil.
→ Meaning: disinfect, purify, sterilize
→ Definition: disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals.
→ Usage: We got sulphur candles to fumigate the house.
→ Meaning: career, swing, wheel, twist
→ Definition: change direction suddenly.
→ Usage: An oil tanker that had veered off course.
→ Meaning: brave, courageous, fearless
→ Definition: possessing or showing courage or determination.
→ Usage: She made a valiant effort to hold her anger in check.
→ Meaning: future generations, succeeding generations
→ Definition: all future generations of people.
→ Usage: the names of those who died are recorded for posterity on a framed scroll.
→ Meaning: renounce, give up, part with turn over
→ Definition: voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.
→ Usage: he relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive.
→ Meaning: convince, talk someone into, induce
→ Definition: induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
→ Usage: it wasn't easy, but I persuaded him to do the right thing.
→ Meaning: forebears, forefathers, parentage
→ Definition: one's family or ethnic descent.
→ Usage: he was proud of his Irish ancestry.
→ Meaning: thrust, motive force, impulse
→ Definition: the action of driving or pushing forwards.
→ Usage: they dive and use their wings for propulsion under water.
→ Meaning: transient, fleeting, passing
→ Definition: lasting for a very short time.
→ Usage: fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old.
→ Meaning: discourage, deter, prevent, disincline
→ Definition: persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action.
→ Usage: his friends tried to dissuade him from flying.
→ Meaning: persevere, continue, carry on
→ Definition: continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
→ Usage: the minority of drivers who persist in drinking.
→ Meaning: short, in short supply, scant
→ Definition: (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand.
→ Usage: as raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed.
→ Meaning: everlasting, never-ending, eternal, permanent
→ Definition: never ending or changing.
→ Usage: the population lived in a perpetual state of fear.
→ Meaning: astute, sharp, acute, intelligent
→ Definition: having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute.
→ Usage: She was shrewd enough to guess the motive behind his gesture.
→ Meaning: destabilize, unsettle, overthrow, overtum
→ Definition: undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).
→ Usage: An attempt to subvert democratic government
→ Meaning: disclosure, exposure, publication
→ Definition: the process of becoming visible after being concealed.
→ Usage: I misjudged the timing of my emergence.
→ Meaning: assemble, bring together, mobilize
→ Definition: assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.
→ Usage: They had mustered 50,000 troops.
→ Meaning: trail, tribulation, test.
→ Definition: a very unpleasant and prolonged experience.
→ Usage: The ordeal of having to give evidence.
→ Meaning: error free, flawless, perfect
→ Definition: incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
→ Usage: She had an infallible sense of timing.
→ Meaning: careful, diligent, attentive
→ Definition: showing great care and perseverance.
→ Usage: She was assiduous in pointing out every feature.
→ Meaning: Poor Quality, inferior, rubbishy
→ Definition: badly made or done.
→ Usage: We're not paying good money for shoddy goods.
→ Meaning: incentive, attraction, encouragement, temptation
→ Definition: a thing that persuades or leads someone to do something.
→ Usage: Companies were prepared to build only in return for massive inducements
→ Meaning: scornful, disdainful, disrespectful, insulting, insolent
→ Definition: showing contempt; scornful.
→ Usage: She was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race.
→ Meaning: small-town, non-metropolitan, non-urban, back woods, backwater
→ Definition: of or concerning a province of a country or empire of or concerning a province of a country or empire.
→ Usage: Provincial elections.
→ Meaning: reprimand, reproach, scold, admonish, chide, upbraid, criticize
→ Definition: express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions.
→ Usage: she had rebuked him for drinking too much.
→ Meaning: criticize, castigate, chastise, censure, condemn
→ Definition: criticize (someone or something) harshly.
→ Usage: They lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth.
→ Meaning: Blast, sound loudly, toot, honk, shriek, screech
→ Definition: make or cause to make a loud, harsh sound.
→ Usage: The ambulance arrived outside, siren blaring.
→ Meaning: ring, jingle, jangle, chime, peal, ding, ping
→ Definition: make or cause to make a light, clear ringing sound.
→ Usage: Cool water tinkled in the stone fountains.
→ Meaning: proclaim, announce, declare, broadcast, blazon
→ Definition: proclaim widely or loudly.
→ Usage: The press trumpeted another defeat for the government.
→ Meaning: crash, bang, smash, clash, bump, thump
→ Definition: the striking of one solid object with or against another with some degree of force.
→ Usage: the clattering percussion of objects striking the walls and the shutters.
→ Meaning: paddle, wallow, dabble, slop, plod
→ Definition: walk with effort through water or another liquid or viscous substance.
→ Usage: He waded out to the boat.
→ Meaning: flawless, faultless, unblemished, spotless, perfect, exemplary
→ Definition: in accordance with the highest standards; faultless.
→ Usage: He had impeccable manners.
→ Meaning: puzzle, baffle, mystify, worry, befuddle, addle, fog, throw
→ Definition: make (someone) feel completely baffled
→ Usage: She was perplexed by her husband's moodiness.
→ Meaning: unintentional, unintended, accidental, unpremeditated
→ Definition: not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.
→ Usage: An inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an over payment.
→ Meaning: absolve, clear, acquit,
→ Definition: (of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.
→ Usage: The inquiry exonerated Lewis and his company.
→ Meaning: antagonistic, aggressive, confrontational, belligerent
→ Definition: showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly.
→ Usage: He wrote a ferociously hostile attack.
→ Meaning: Spur, encouragement, boost, prompt
→ Definition: a thing that arouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive.
→ Usage: If the tax were abolished, it would act as a stimulus to exports.
→ Meaning: compel, force, drive, oblige
→ Definition: compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action.
→ Usage: Children are constrained to work in the way the book dictates.
→ Meaning: Open-mined, responsive, flexible
→ Definition: willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas.
→ Usage: A receptive audience.
→ Meaning: sluggishness, inertia, inactivity, inaction,
→ Definition: a lack of energy and enthusiasm.
→ Usage: There was an air of lethargy about him.
→ Meaning: weakening, enfeebling, enervating, enervative
→ Definition: make (someone) very weak and infirm.
→ Usage: He was severely debilitated by a stomach upset.
→ Definition: a material or structure formed from a mass of fragments or particles loosely compacted together.
→ Usage: The specimen is an aggregate of rock and mineral fragments.
→ Meaning: loud, thunderous, ear-shattering
→ Definition: making an uproar or loud, confused noise.
→ Usage: He left the stage to tumultuous applause.
→ Synonyms: reintegrate, readapt, retrain
→ Meaning: restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
→ Usage: helping to rehabilitate former criminals
→ Synonyms: mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital
→ Meaning: an institution for the care of people who are mentally ill.
→ Usage: he'd been committed to an asylum
→ Synonyms: dishonesty, distortion, lie, equivocation
→ Meaning: a person dishonest to his organization
→ Usage: My hesitation and prevarication had apparently not inspired my interlocutor with confidence in me.
→ Synonyms: aggravate, make worse, worsen, inflame, compound
→ Meaning: make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
→ Usage: Rising inflation was exacerbated by the collapse of oil prices
→ Synonyms: improper, unseemly, unbecoming, undignified, immodest, indecent, immoral
→ Meaning: not in keeping with good taste and propriety; improper
→ Usage: a pub crawl with sundry indecorous adventures
→ Synonyms: declaration, contention, statement, claim, submission, swearing
→ Meaning: a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief
→ Usage: His assertion that his father had deserted the family
→ Synonyms: inappropriateness, dissonance, difference, inconsistency, lack of harmony
→ Meaning: the state of being incongruous; incompatibility
→ Usage: the incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her the incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her
→ Synonyms: arbitration, refereeing, umpiring
→ Meaning: The action or process of adjudicating
→ Usage: The matter may have to go to court for adjudication
→ Synonyms: prevalent, penetrating, extensive, general, common, universal, rife
→ Meaning: (especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.
→ Usage: ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society
→ Synonyms: dither, teeter, waver, hesitate, oscillate, fluctuate
→ Meaning: waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.
→ Usage: I vacillated between teaching and journalism
→ Synonyms: central, crucial, vital
→ Meaning: of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else.
→ Usage: Japan's pivotal role in the world economy
→ Synonyms: floating, drifting, non-submerged
→ Meaning: floating in water; not sinking.
→ Usage: A swimmer fighting to stay afloat
→ Synonyms: wreck, damage
→ Meaning: deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct (something), especially for political or military advantage.
→ Usage: Power lines from South Africa were sabotaged by rebel forces.
→ Synonyms: chance, accidental, possible
→ Meaning: subject to chance.
→ Usage: The contingent nature of the job
→ Synonyms: annul, void, invalidate
→ Meaning: make legally null and void; invalidate.
→ Usage: Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions
→ Synonyms: judgment, adjudication, decision, finding
→ Meaning: a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
→ Usage: The coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure
→ Synonyms: old, past, one-time
→ Meaning: former
→ Usage: Written in memory of the composer's erstwhile teacher
→ Synonyms: plot, scheme, plan
→ Meaning: a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.
→ Usage: The Company was involved in a conspiracy with bookmakers to manipulate starting prices
→ Synonyms: set, circle, crowd
→ Meaning: a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people.
→ Usage: All prime ministers develop a small coterie of kindred spirits
→ Synonyms: prevalent, penetrating, extensive
→ Meaning: (especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.
→ Usage: Ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society.
→ Meaning: Memorial, remembrance, celebratory, celebrative
→ Definition: acting as a memorial of an event or person.
→ Usage: Minister of State ManojSinha today released a commemorative postage stamp on Tourism in India on the occasion of 70th Independence Day
→ Meaning: catastrophe, tragedy, act of god, calamity
→ Definition: a sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life.
→ Usage: US President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration for flood-devastated Louisiana
→ Meaning: ruin, destroy, raze, damage, lay waste, wipe out.
→ Definition: cause severe and extensive damage to.
→ Usage: The hurricane ravaged southern Florida.
→ Meaning: Expand, bulge, distend, inflate, balloon, bloat, grow, increase, rise
→ Definition: become or make greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume
→ Usage: The flooding submerged large parts of the region on Sunday, three days after water-swelled streams and rivers began rising
→ Meaning: meantime, meanwhile, interval, interlude
→ Definition: the intervening time
→ Usage: In the interim I'll just keep my fingers crossed.
→ Meaning: hanging, screen, blind, window hanging
→ Definition: a screen of heavy cloth or other material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a stage
→ Usage: She drew the curtains and lit the fire
→ Meaning: Brag, crow, swagger, swank, own, enjoy, have
→ Definition: talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities
→ Usage: She boasted about her many conquests
→ Meaning: Stop, head off, cut off
→ Definition: obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination.
→ Usage: Intelligence agencies intercepted a series of telephone calls.
→ Meaning: Cover, surface, floor, top, finish
→ Definition: cover (a piece of ground) with flat stones or bricks; lay paving over
→ Usage: China Satellite will pave the way to a hack proof communication system.
→ Meaning: Practicability, practicality, workability, viability
→ Definition: the state or degree of being easily or conveniently done.
→ Usage: The feasibility of screening athletes for cardiac disease.
→ Meaning: idealistic, unbusinesslike, romatic, extravagant, visionary, unworldly
→ Definition: extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
→ Usage: A vast and perhaps quixotic project.
→ Meaning: bold, shameless, forward, unashamed, unabashed, unblushing
→ Definition: bold and without shame.
→ Usage: He went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance
→ Meaning: inventive, creative, imaginative, original, innovative, resourceful, inspired
→ Definition: (of a person) clever, original, and inventive.
→ Usage: He was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget
→ Meaning: innocent, artless, guileless, trustful, unaffected, fond, wide-eyed, simple
→ Definition: (of a person) natural and unaffected; innocent
→ Usage: Andy had a sweet, naive look when he smiled
→ Meaning: charming, sophisticated, debonair, urbane, polished, dignified, gentlemanly, gallant
→ Definition: (especially of a man) charming, confident, and elegant.
→ Usage: All the waiters were suave and deferential
→ Meaning: gourmet, gourmand, connoisseur, gastronome
→ Definition: a person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink
→ Usage: They see themselves as epicures “delighting in food that is properly prepared
→ Meaning: generous, charitable, benevolent, openhanded, bountiful, liberal, princely, kind, kindly
→ Definition: generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person
→ Usage: She should be magnanimous in victory
→ Meaning: Model, good example, apotheosis, exemplar, paradigm, acme, shining example
→ Definition: a person or thing viewed as a model of excellence
→ Usage: Your cook is a paragon.
→ Meaning: Connoisseur, genteel
→ Definition: concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty
→ Usage: The pictures give great aesthetic pleasure.
→ Meaning: sociable, social, companionable, clubbable, convivial
→ Definition: (of a person) fond of company; sociable
→ Usage: He was a popular and gregarious man.
→ Meaning: Desert, Leave, cast aside,
→ Definition: cease to support or look after (someone); desert.
→ Usage: Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age.
→ Meaning: Sponsorship, backing, funding, promotion, support, guaranty, protection
→ Definition: the support given by a patron.
→ Usage: The arts could no longer depend on private patronage
→ Meaning: cross, negotiate, cross, pass over.
→ Definition: travel across or through.
→ Usage: He traversed the forest
→ Meaning: get better, recover, convalesce, get back to normal
→ Definition: recover from illness or exertion
→ Usage: She has been recuperating from a knee injury.
→ Meaning: charity, bounty, subsidy, largesse, endowment
→ Definition: (in historical contexts) money or food given to poor people
→ Usage: The riders stopped to distribute alms.
→ Meaning: diminished, impaired, reduced, decreased
→ Definition: reduce the force, effect, or value of
→ Usage: Her intolerance was attenuated by an unexpected liberalism
→ Meaning: Vengeful, out for revenge, revengeful, avenging, unforgiving, implacable, bitter
→ Definition: having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge
→ Usage: The criticism was both vindictive and personalized
→ Meaning: embarrass, discomfort, unsettle, unnerve, upset, disturb, perturb, distress
→ Definition: make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
→ Usage: He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone.
→ Meaning: allegation, charge, claim, asseveration, blame, criticism, complaint
→ Definition: a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong
→ Usage: accusations of bribery.
→ Meaning: Charge with, arraign for, take to court for, put on trial for
→ Definition: formally accuse of or charge with a crime.
→ Usage: His former manager was indicted for fraud.
→ Meaning: din, racket, noise, discord, dissonance, jarring, grating, rasping
→ Definition: A harsh discordant mixture of sounds
→ Usage: A cacophony of deafening alarm bells.
→ Meaning: edge, verge, margin, rim, lip
→ Definition: the extreme edge of land before a steep slope or a body or water.
→ Usage: The brink of the cliffs
→ Meaning: aware, awake, compos mentis, alert, responsive, reactive, feeling, sentient
→ Definition: aware of and responding to one's surroundings.
→ Usage: Although I was in pain, I was conscious
→ Meaning: admit to, allow into, introduce to, install in,
→ Definition: admit (someone) formally to a post or organization
→ Usage: Arrangements for inducting new members to an organization
→ Meaning: discern, recognize, tell, grasp, understand, deduce, conclude, sence, divine, intuit
→ Definition: become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand
→ Usage: His mouth fell open as he perceived the truth
→ Meaning: Prominence, importance, significance
→ Definition: special importance, value, or prominence given to something
→ Usage: They placed great emphasis on the individual's freedom
→ Meaning: Obvious, apparent, noticeable, conspicuous, perceptible.
→ Definition: clearly seen or understood; obvious
→ Usage: She ate the biscuits with evident enjoyment
→ Meaning: Irritate, annoyed, angry, testy, tetchy, snappy, cross, crabby, moody
→ Definition: having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked
→ Usage: An impatient motorist blaring his horn.
→ Meaning: ballad, lyric
→ Definition: a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line
→ Usage: compose sonnets.
→ Meaning: ordinary, common, commonplace, average
→ Definition: of only average quality; not very good
→ Usage: He is an enthusiastic if mediocre painter.
→ Meaning: Contemptible, loathsome, hateful, detestable, reprehensible, awful, heinous
→ Definition: deserving hatred and contempt.
→ Usage: A despicable crime.
→ Meaning: disturb, shock, bother, hurt, mortify, pain, upset
→ Definition: subject to lasting shock as a result of a disturbing experience or physical injury.
→ Usage: The children were traumatized by separation from their families
→ Meaning: iniquity, violation, crime, wrong, offence, affront, scandal, injustice.
→ Definition: an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury.
→ Usage: A textbook which detailed war atrocities
→ Meaning: inestimable, untold, immeasurable, uncountable, indeterminable, incomputable
→ Definition: too great to be calculated or estimated
→ Usage: An archive of incalculable value.
→ Meaning: unimaginative, uncreative, narrow-minded, short-term, small-mind
→ Definition: lacking foresight or intellectual insight
→ Usage: The government still has a myopic attitude to public spending.
→ Meaning: Relevant, apposite, appropriate, suitable, fitting, fit, apt, apropos
→ Definition: relevant or applicable to a particular matter; apposite
→ Usage: She asked me a lot of very pertinent questions
→ Meaning: unpalatable, unappetizing, unpleasant, disagreeable, uninviting, unattractive
→ Definition: disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at
→ Usage: They looked at the scanty, unsavory portions of food doled out to them
→ Meaning: Outlook, view, viewpoint, point of view, standpoint, position, stand, attitude
→ Definition: a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view.
→ Usage: Most guidebook history is written from the editor's perspective.
→ Meaning: ecstasy, bliss, euphoria, exaltation, joy, transport, rhapsody, delight, pleasure
→ Definition: a feeling of intense pleasure or joy
→ Usage: Leonora listened with rapture.
→ Meaning: Execrate, imprecate, hoodoo
→ Definition: invoke or use a curse against.
→ Usage: It often seemed as if the family had been cursed.
→ Meaning: depend, hang, rest, turn, pivot, centre, be conditional
→ Definition: attach or join with or as if with a hinge
→ Usage: The ironing board was set into the wall and hinged at the bottom.
→ Meaning: Vote, poll, election, straw poll, plebiscite
→ Definition: a system of voting secretly and in writing on a particular issue.
→ Usage: A strike ballot
→ Meaning: disillusioned, disappointed, let down, fed up, discontented
→ Definition: cause (someone) to be disappointed
→ Usage: He may have been disenchanted by the loss of his huge following
→ Meaning: unit, outfit, force
→ Definition: an ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries, equal to one tenth of a legion.
→ Usage: A cohort of civil servants patiently drafting legislation
→ Meaning: brazenness, audacity, boldness, temerity, front, pertness, forwardness
→ Definition: behavior perceived as arrogant, disrespectful, and transgressing the limits of what is permitted or appropriate
→ Usage: He lifted her off the ground, and she was enraged at his presumption.
→ Meaning: prejudiced, biased, partial, one-sided, dectarian, discriminatory
→ Definition: obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction, and intolerant towards other people's beliefs and practices.
→ Usage: A bigoted group of reactionaries
→ Meaning: prevail on, induce, win someone over, coax, convince, make get
→ Definition: induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
→ Usage: It wasn't easy, but I persuaded him to do the right thing.
→ Meaning: image, face, public face, character, personality, identity, self
→ Definition: the aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others
→ Usage: Her public persona.
→ Meaning: surprise, stagger, startle, stun, confound, Dumbfound
→ Definition: surprise or impress (someone) greatly.
→ Usage: You never fail to astonish me.
→ Meaning: brutal, savage, violent, dangerous, ruthless, heartless, callous, cruel
→ Definition: deliberately cruel or violent
→ Usage: A vicious assault.
→ Meaning: follower, supporter, defender, advocate, disciple, votary, member, friend
→ Definition: someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas
→ Usage: He was a strong adherent of monetarism.
→ Meaning: onlooker, watcher, looker-on, passer-by, eyewitness
→ Definition: a person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part.
→ Usage: Water cannons were turned on marchers and innocent bystanders alike
→ Meaning: assiduity, rigour, carefulness, conscientiousness, intentness
→ Definition: careful and persistent work or effort.
→ Usage: Few party members challenge his diligence as an MP
→ Meaning: accolade, panegyric, paean, encomium, tribute, testimonial
→ Definition: a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, especially a tribute to someone who has just died.
→ Usage: A eulogy to the Queen Mother.
→ Meaning: soft, loose, flabby, yielding, slack, lax, toneless.
→ Definition: soft and hanging loosely or limply, especially so as to look or feel unpleasant.
→ Usage: She took his flaccid hand in hers.
→ Meaning: dying, death, passing, expiry, expiration, end
→ Definition: a personals death
→ Usage: Mr. Grisenthwaiteal tragic demise.
→ Meaning: misapprehension, misconception, misleading, mistake, deception, misbelieve
→ Definition: the action of deluding or the state of being deluded.
→ Usage: What a capacity television has for delusion.
→ Meaning: capricious, whimsical, random, chance, erratic, unpredictable, wild, casual
→ Definition: based on random choice or personal whim rather than any reason or system.
→ Usage: An arbitrary decision.
→ Meaning: misanthropic, pessimistic
→ Definition: believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
→ Usage: He was brutally cynical and hardened to every sob story under the sun
→ Meaning: Succinct, short, brief, pithy, incisive, crisp.
→ Definition: giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.
→ Usage: A concise account of the country history.
→ Meaning: releases, deposit egg,
→ Definition: (of a fish, frog, mollusk, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs
→ Usage: The fish spawn among fine-leaved plants.
→ Meaning: sophistry, sophism, chicanery, quibbling,
→ Definition: the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry.
→ Usage: The minister is engaging in nothing more or less than casuistry
→ Meaning: Heartless, unfeeling, uncaring, cold, hard, cruel, harsh
→ Definition: showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
→ Usage: His callous comments about the murder made me shiver
→ Meaning: scruffy, untidy, messy, unkempt, slatternly, dishavelled, blowsy, down at heel
→ Definition: (especially of a person or their appearance) untidy and dirty
→ Usage: A fat, slovenly ex-rock star
→ Meaning: wordy, loquacious, garrulous, talkative, voluble, orotund, expansive, babbling, prating
→ Definition: using or expressed in more words than are needed
→ Usage: Much academic language is obscure and verbose.
→ Meaning: instruction, directive, direction, decree, command, order, injunction, edict, charge
→ Definition: an official order or commission to do something.
→ Usage: A mandate to seek the release of political prisoners
→ Meaning: slap, blow, spank, cuff, clout, thump, punch, rap, swat, crack
→ Definition: a sharp slap or blow, typically one given with the palm of the hand.
→ Usage: She gave Mark a smack across the face.
→ Meaning: persistent, continuing, content, continual, non-stop, lasting, never-ending, steady
→ Definition: unceasingly intense
→ Usage: The relentless heat of the desert.
→ Meaning: condemn, attack, tear apart, arraign, denounce, pillory, malign, revile, vilify
→ Definition: criticize (someone) severely and unrelentingly.
→ Usage: Our fans would crucify us if we lost.
→ Meaning: strict, firm, rigid, rigorous, severe, harsh, tight, exacting, stiff
→ Definition: (of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting
→ Usage: Stringent guidelines on air pollution.
→ Meaning: hitch up, put something, saddle, yoke, couple,
→ Definition: put a harness on (a horse or other draught animal)
→ Usage: How to groom a horse and harness it.
→ Meaning: Expand, spring up, shoot up, mushroom, boom, multiply, snowball
→ Definition: begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
→ Usage: Manufacturers are keen to cash in on the burgeoning demand
→ Meaning: Search, hunt, pursuit
→ Definition: a long or arduous search for something.
→ Usage: The quest for a reliable vaccine has intensified
→ Meaning: develop, progress, make progress, spread, extend
→ Definition: develop gradually
→ Usage: The Company has evolved into a major chemical manufacturer
→ Meaning: Out of date, outdated, outmoded
→ Definition: no longer produced or used; out of date
→ Usage: The disposal of old and obsolete machinery.
→ Meaning: wealthy, rich, prosperous, opulent, well off, moneyed, comfortable
→ Definition: (especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy.
→ Usage: The affluent societies of the western world
→ Meaning: pertinent, applicable, apposite, material, apropos, to the point
→ Definition: closely connected or appropriate to the matter in hand.
→ Usage: What small companies need is relevant advice.
→ Meaning: misery, sorrow, distress, sadness, unhappiness, heartache
→ Definition: great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically)
→ Usage: The Everton tale of woe continued.
→ Meaning: army, sea, abundance, profusion, host, horde, mass
→ Definition: a large number of people or things.
→ Usage: A multitude of medical conditions are due to being overweight.
→ Meaning: single, indicate, announce, point to, spell, presage, augur, portent, promis
→ Definition: be a sign that (something) is about to happen
→ Usage: The speech heralded a change in policy.
→ Meaning: Conciseness, concision, pith, briefness, shortness, compression, crispness
→ Definition: concise and exact use of words in writing or speech
→ Usage: The staff will edit manuscripts with a view to brevity and clarity.
→ Meaning: Weak, weakly, puny, infirm, delicate, sickly, ailing, failing, helpless, powerless
→ Definition: lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.
→ Usage: By now, he was too feeble to leave his room
→ Meaning: Unhappy, sad, dejected, depressed, downcast, downhearted, glum, gloomy, blue, forlorn
→ Definition: (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable
→ Usage: Their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable
→ Meaning: meager, scant, minimal, limited, modest, restricted, sparse
→ Definition: small or insufficient in quantity or amount.
→ Usage: They paid whatever they could out of their scanty wages to their families
→ Meaning: savage, cruel, bloodthirsty, vicious, barbaric, wicked, harsh
→ Definition: savagely violent
→ Usage: A brutal murder.
→ Meaning: dirty, mucky, grimy, muddy, murky, slimy, unclean
→ Definition: disgustingly dirty.
→ Usage: A filthy hospital with no sanitation
→ Meaning: battle, fighting, action, conflict, armed conflict, war, warfare
→ Definition: fighting between armed forces.
→ Usage: Five Hurricanes were shot down in combat.
→ Meaning: Stubborn, headstrong, willful, unyielding, inflexible, dogged, inexorable
→ Definition: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so
→ Usage: Her obstinate determination to pursue a career in radio.
→ Meaning: persuasive, expressive, articulate, fluent
→ Definition: fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
→ Usage: An eloquent speech.
→ Meaning: impulsive, rash, hasty, reckless, heedless, foolhardy, injudicious, unthinking
→ Definition: acting or done quickly and without thought or care
→ Usage: She might live to rue this impetuous decision.
→ Meaning: Heavy material, sand, iron
→ Definition: heavy material, such as gravel, sand, or iron, placed in the bilge of a ship to ensure its stability
→ Usage: The hull had insufficient ballast.
→ Meaning: deception, duplicity, fraud, craft, chicanery, guile, simulation, lying, bluff
→ Definition: the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry.
→ Usage: The minister is engaging in nothing more or less than casuistry
→ Meaning: artificial, fake, false, faux, imitation, mock, simulated, ersatz
→ Definition: (of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.
→ Usage: Synthetic rubber
→ Meaning: adhesive, united
→ Definition: characterized by or causing cohesion
→ Usage: Each parish was formerly a cohesive unit
→ Meaning: disappear, decrease, diminish, dwindle
→ Definition: (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size
→ Usage: The moon is waning.
→ Meaning: Encourage, promote, further, stimulate, forward, cultivate
→ Definition: encourage the development of (something, especially something desirable).
→ Usage: The teacher's task is to foster learning
→ Meaning: prompt, rapid, sudden, immediate, instant, without delay
→ Definition: happening quickly or promptly
→ Usage: A remarkably swift recovery.
→ Meaning: intimidation, forbidding, redoubtable, daunting, alarming, frightening, brooding, awesome, fearsome
→ Definition: inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable
→ Usage: A formidable opponent
→ Meaning: vehement, firm, forceful, forcible, energetic, vigorous, ardent
→ Definition: expressing something forcibly and clearly.
→ Usage: The children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience.
→ Meaning: extreme, serious, forceful, dire, radical, substantial
→ Definition: likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect; radical and extreme
→ Usage: A drastic reduction of staffing levels.
→ Meaning: Not vote, decline/refuse to vote
→ Definition: formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion
→ Usage: Forty-one voted with the Opposition, and some sixty more abstained.
→ Meaning: Make impure, degrade, debase, spoil, taint, defile, foul, sully
→ Definition: render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.
→ Usage: The brewer is said to adulterate his beer
→ Meaning: brief, terse, succinct, shot, economical, elliptical, crisp, pithy
→ Definition: (of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.
→ Usage: Synthetic rubber
→ Meaning: fickle, inconstant, changeable, variable, unstable, mercurial, volatile
→ Definition: given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior
→ Usage: A capricious and often brutal administration
→ Meaning: estimable, of note, worthy, admirable, commendable, deserving, reputable
→ Definition: (of an action, idea, or aim) deserving praise and commendation
→ Usage: Laudable though the aim might be, the results have been criticized
→ Meaning: confirm, verify, endorse, ratify, validate, certify
→ Definition: confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).
→ Usage: The witness had corroborated the boy's account of the attack
→ Meaning: dried, dried up, dry, powered
→ Definition: remove the moisture from (something), typically in order to preserve it
→ Usage: Desiccated coconut.
→ Meaning: purist, formalist, doctrinaire, dogmatist
→ Definition: a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning
→ Usage: The royal palace (some pedants would say the ex-royal palace)
→ Meaning: Cause, create, generate, rouse, incite, provoke, kindle, trigger, effect
→ Definition: cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).
→ Usage: The issue engendered continuing controversy.
→ Meaning: credulous, trustful, innocent, unwary, simple
→ Definition: easily persuaded to believe something; credulous
→ Usage: An attempt to persuade a gullible public to spend their money.
→ Meaning: Dither, be indecisive, hesitate, oscillate, waver, teeter, temporize
→ Definition: waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive
→ Usage: I vacillated between teaching and journalism.
→ Meaning: reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten, damp, dull, appease, soothe, still, quell, quiet,
→ Definition: make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful.
→ Usage: Drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem
→ Meaning: decorum, modesty, civility, courtesy, politeness
→ Definition: conformity to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals.
→ Usage: He always behaved with the utmost propriety
→ Meaning: tense, strained, fraught, uneasy, charged, explosive, turbulent
→ Definition: liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse
→ Usage: The political situation was becoming more volatile
→ Meaning: pliable, ductile, soft, workable
→ Definition: (of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking.
→ Usage: A malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet
→ Meaning: showiness, show, showing off,
→ Definition: the pretentious or showy display of wealth and luxury, designed to impress
→ Usage: The office was spacious, but without any trace of ostentation
→ Meaning: benefactor, donor, backer, helper, patron
→ Definition: a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes
→ Usage: The trust was founded by an American philanthropist.
→ Meaning: exhaust, tire, weary, drain, sap, weaken, enfeeble, indisposed
→ Definition: make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality
→ Usage: Enervating heat.
→ Meaning: Accolade, panegyric, paean, tribute
→ Definition: a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, especially a tribute to someone who has just died
→ Usage: A eulogy to the Queen Mother.
→ Meaning: talkative, voluble, long-winded, chatty, expansive
→ Definition: excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
→ Usage: A garrulous cab driver.
→ Meaning: Weed out, eradicate, stamp out, root out, eliminate, suppress
→ Definition: eradicate or destroy completely
→ Usage: Timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago.
→ Meaning: merriment, high spirits, levity, revelry, fun, enjoyment, jollity
→ Definition: amusement, especially as expressed in laughter.
→ Usage: His six-foot frame shook with mirth
→ Meaning: wise, clever, intelligent, knowledgeable, sensible
→ Definition: having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; wise or shrewd
→ Usage: They were sagacious enough to avoid any outright confrontation
→ Meaning: furlough, leave of absence, recess, time off, break, holiday, liberty, vacation
→ Definition: a period of paid leave granted to a university teacher for study or travel, traditionally one year for every seven years worked
→ Usage: She's away on sabbatical
→ Meaning: decorous, proper, becoming, fitting, suitable, apt
→ Definition: conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste; decorous
→ Usage: I felt it was not seemly to observe too closely.
→ Meaning: virago, dragon, vixen, cat, fishwife, witch, hellcat, she-devil
→ Definition: a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman.
→ Usage: The girls became shrews and harridans
→ Meaning: Leadership, dominance, dominion, supremacy, ascendancy, power, control, mastery
→ Definition: leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.
→ Usage: Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.
→ Meaning: callous, barbarous, bestial, vicious, brutal, cruel, savage, cold-blooded, inhuman, ruthless, heartless
→ Definition: deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others
→ Usage: She took a sadistic pleasure in tormenting him.
→ Meaning: simplistic, superficial, over simple, schematic, black and white
→ Definition: ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial.
→ Usage: Facile generalizations.
→ Meaning: swindler, charlatan, rogue, villain, fraud, trickster
→ Definition: a person who dishonestly claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine.
→ Usage: A quack doctor.
→ Meaning: calculation, estimation, computation, working out, summation
→ Definition: the action or process of calculating or estimating something.
→ Usage: The sixth, or by another reckoning eleventh, Earl of Mar.
→ Meaning: Minister (of religion), parson, clergyman, clergywoman, apostle, missionary, gospeller
→ Definition: a person who preaches, especially a minister of religion.
→ Usage: To preach the Truth to the face of Falsehood!
→ Meaning: purchase, accession, addition, asset,
→ Definition: an asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum.
→ Usage: The legacy will be used for new acquisitions
→ Meaning: worry, concern, apprehension, fear, tension, suspence
→ Definition: a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome
→ Usage: He felt a surge of anxiety.
→ Meaning: threaten, endanger, imperil, menace, risk
→ Definition: put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure
→ Usage: A devaluation of the dollar would jeopardize New York's position as a financial centre.
→ Meaning: Harsh, cruel, repressive, tyrannical, autocratic, dictation
→ Definition: inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment.
→ Usage: An oppressive dictatorship.
→ Meaning: disgraceful, shameful, unpardonable, unforgivable
→ Definition: deserving strong condemnation; completely unacceptable.
→ Usage: Children living in deplorable conditions.
→ Meaning: Chance, accidental, fortuitous, possible, unforeseen
→ Definition: subject to chance..
→ Usage: The contingent nature of the job.
→ Meaning: Blockade, obstruct, close-up, bar, block off, fortify
→ Definition: block or defend with a barricade.
→ Usage: They barricaded the building and occupied it all night.
→ Meaning: repeat, say again, retell, iterate, harp on, dwell on
→ Definition: say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.
→ Usage: She reiterated that the government would remain steadfast in its support.
→ Meaning: Genuine, original, real, actual, pukka, bona fide, true, veritable
→ Definition: of undisputed origin and not a copy; genuine.
→ Usage: The letter is now accepted as an authentic document.
→ Meaning: Liking, fondness, preference, partially, taste, penchant, weakness, leaning, bias, love
→ Definition: a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.
→ Usage: Your predilection for pretty girls.
→ Meaning: pious, religious, devoted, dedicated, reverent, believing, godly
→ Definition: having or showing deep religious feeling or commitment.
→ Usage: She was a devout Catholic
→ Meaning: accidentally, by accident, unwittingly
→ Definition: without intention; accidentally
→ Usage: His name had been inadvertently omitted from the list.
→ Meaning: insanity, madness, mental illness, dementia, mania, frenzy
→ Definition: the state of being a lunatic; insanity (not in technical use).
→ Usage: It has been suggested that originality demands a degree of lunacy.
→ Meaning: rebuke, reproof, admonition, reproach, reproval, scolding
→ Definition: a formal expression of disapproval.
→ Usage: The golfer received a reprimand for a breach of rules.
→ Meaning: try, attempt, venture, undertake, aspire, aim.
→ Definition: try hard to do or achieve something.
→ Usage: He is endeavoring to help the Third World.
→ Meaning: Not sharp, unsharpened, dull, worn, edgeless
→ Definition: (of a cutting implement) not having a sharp edge or point.
→ Usage: A blunt knife.
→ Meaning: entitlement, right, privilege, advantage, due, birthright
→ Definition: a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.
→ Usage: In some countries, higher education is predominantly the prerogative of the rich.
→ Meaning: toady, creep, crawler, fawner, flatterer, flunkey, truckler, groveller, minion
→ Definition: a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.
→ Usage: My sister is a shallow sycophant who will flatter anyone for a free designer handbag.
→ Meaning: nimble, lithe, supple, light-footed, graceful
→ Definition: able to move quickly and easily.
→ Usage: Ruth was as agile as a monkey.
→ Meaning: Baffle, mystify, puzzle, confuse, confound, nonplus,
→ Definition: cause (someone) to become perplexed and confused.
→ Usage: She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood
→ Meaning: gather, collect, assemble
→ Definition: gather or collect (something, especially information or approval).
→ Usage: The police struggled to garner sufficient evidence
→ Meaning: contrition, deep regret, repentance, penitence, guilt, feeling of guilt
→ Definition: deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed
→ Usage: They were filled with remorse and shame
→ Meaning: Agitated, impatient, restless
→ Definition: the state of being restless or anxious
→ Usage: Being a complete introvert, Henry is shy and gets antsy when he has to speak to a girl.
→ Meaning: daring, boldness, fearlessness, intrepidity, courage, heroism, pluck
→ Definition: a willingness to take bold risks.
→ Usage: He whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan.
→ Meaning: abrupt, sudden, hasty, summary, rude, offhand
→ Definition: having or showing a lack of courtesy; rough or abrupt.
→ Usage: He was known for his strong views and unceremonious manners.
→ Meaning: smug, self-satisfied, pleased with oneself, proud of oneself
→ Definition: showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements
→ Usage: You can't afford to be complacent about security.
→ Meaning: Speed up, accelerate, hurry, hasten, step up, quicken, rush
→ Definition: make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.
→ Usage: He promised to expedite economic reforms.
→ Meaning: Surface, exterior, external, outer, outside, outermost, slight
→ Definition: existing or occurring at or on the surface.
→ Usage: The building suffered only superficial damage.
→ Meaning: Oddity, peculiarity, irregularity, inconsistency, incongruity, quirk
→ Definition: something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected
→ Usage: There are a number of anomalies in the present system
→ Meaning: hazy, foggy, vague, indefinite, inexplicit, nebulous, borderline
→ Definition: (of a person) using ambiguous or evasive language
→ Usage: The equivocal nature of her remarks
→ Meaning: cogent, coherent, communicative, articulate, eloquent
→ Definition: expressed clearly; easy to understand
→ Usage: A lucid account
→ Meaning: bring about, cause, lead to, occasion, trigger, provoke, hasten
→ Definition: (cause (an event or situation, typically one that is undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely
→ Usage: The incident precipitated a political crisis
→ Meaning: relieve, ease, alleviate, soothe, calm, reduce, lower, dilute
→ Definition: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
→ Usage: The letter assuaged the fears of most members
→ Meaning: Learned, scholarly, well educated, well read, civilized
→ Definition: having or showing great knowledge or learning
→ Usage: Ken could turn any conversation into an erudite discussion
→ Meaning: hostility, antagonism, aversion, animus, opposition, enmity, hate, loathing
→ Definition: a deep-seated feeling of aversion
→ Usage: His fundamental antipathy to capitalism
→ Meaning: Non-transparent, cloudy, filmy, blurred, misty, dirty, dingy
→ Definition: not able to be seen through; not transparent
→ Usage: Bottles filled with a pale opaque liquid
→ Meaning: Pillow, cushion, pad, support, rest
→ Definition: a long, thick pillow that is placed under other pillows for support
→ Usage: The fall in interest rates is starting to bolster confidence
→ Meaning: ridicule, mock, jeer at, scoff at, make fun of, pillory
→ Definition: express contempt for; ridicule
→ Usage: The decision was derided by environmentalists
→ Meaning: retreat, go back, move back, move away
→ Definition: go or move back or further away from a previous position
→ Usage: The floodwaters had receded.
→ Meaning: censorious, condemnatory, scathing, criticizing, disapproving, negative
→ Definition: expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments.
→ Usage: I was very critical of the previous regime.
→ Meaning: Important, well known, leading, noted, public, foremost, big, top, great, famed
→ Definition: important; famous.
→ Usage: She was a prominent member of the city council.
→ Meaning: credulous, innocent, simple, unsceptical, unworldly, ignorant
→ Definition: easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.
→ Usage: An attempt to persuade a gullible public to spend their money.
→ Meaning: do without, go without, give up, surrender, eschew
→ Definition: go without (something desirable).
→ Usage: She wanted to forgo the tea and leave while they could.
→ Meaning: measure, calculate, compute, work out, determine, ascertain
→ Definition: estimate or determine the amount, level, or volume of.
→ Usage: Astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic brightness.
→ Meaning: developing, impending, growing, emerging, emergent, dawning
→ Definition: (of a person) developing into a specified type or role.
→ Usage: We seemed more like friends than incipient lovers.
→ Meaning: malicious, spiteful, hostile, evil-minded, baleful, bitter
→ Definition: having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
→ Usage: The glint of dark, malevolent eyes.
→ Meaning: theory, hypothesis, thesis, argument, premise, postulation, theorem, concept, idea, statement
→ Definition: a statement or assertion that expresses a judgment or opinion.
→ Usage: The proposition that high taxation is undesirable.
→ Meaning: fly up, wing, wing its way
→ Definition: fly or rise high in the air.
→ Usage: The bird spread its wings and soared into the air.
→ Meaning: Exultation, Joy, elation, glee, triumph
→ Definition: a feeling of great happiness and triumph.
→ Usage: Unbelievable scenes of jubilation.
→ Meaning: Plunge, fall headlong, hurtle, dive, drop, crash, nosedive
→ Definition: fall or drop straight down at high speed.
→ Usage: A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully.
→ Meaning: unprincipled, unethical, immoral, amoral, sly, bad, improper, wicked, sinful,
→ Definition: having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair
→ Usage: Unscrupulous landlords might be tempted to harass existing tenants.
→ Meaning: disagreeable, unpleasant, displeasing, unattractive, regrettable, unwelcome, nasty, horrible
→ Definition: difficult to put up with or accept
→ Usage: The unpalatable fact that many of the world's people are starving.
→ Meaning: Considerable, real, material, weighty, solid, sizeable, meaningful, Major, marked, useful
→ Definition: of considerable importance, size, or worth.
→ Usage: A substantial amount of cash.
→ Meaning: Aggravate, make worse, worsen, inflame, compound
→ Definition: make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
→ Usage: Rising inflation was exacerbated by the collapse of oil prices.
→ Meaning: Observed, seen, factual, actual, real, firsthand
→ Definition: based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
→ Usage: They provided considerable empirical evidence to support their argument.
→ Meaning: accuracy, correctness, exactitude, diligence, carefulness, exactness
→ Definition: the quality of being extremely thorough and careful.
→ Usage: His analysis is lacking in rigour.
→ Meaning: relentless, unstoppable, inevitable, inescapable
→ Definition: impossible to stop or prevent.
→ Usage: The seemingly inexorable march of new technology.
→ Meaning: Dry, flat, lifeless, tame, tired, colorless, dull
→ Definition: lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring.
→ Usage: No excuses were made for the team's lackluster performance.
→ Meaning: mercifulness, mercy, clemency, lenity, forgiveness
→ Definition: The fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected; clemency.
→ Usage: The court could show leniency.
→ Meaning: Unwilling, disinclined, grudging, resisting, opposed
→ Definition: unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
→ Usage: She seemed reluctant to answer.
→ Meaning: Restraint, restriction, check, brake, rein, control, limit
→ Definition: a check or restraint on something.
→ Usage: Plans to introduce tougher curbs on insider dealing.
→ Meaning: defeat, foil, block, stop, counter, spoil, check, dash, crush
→ Definition: prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled
→ Usage: The rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather.
→ Meaning: make law, pass, approve, ratify, validate, sanction, authorize, accept
→ Definition: make (a bill or other proposal) law.
→ Usage: legislation was enacted to attract international companies.
→ Meaning: break one's promise to, be disloyal to, be unfaithful to, break faith with, play someone false, fail, let down
→ Definition: expose (one's country, a group, or a person) to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy.
→ Usage: A double agent who betrayed some 400 British and French agents to the Germans.
→ Meaning: Reduce, quiet, relieve, dilute, modify, moderate
→ Definition: make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.
→ Usage: He couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it.
→ Meaning: touchable, palpable, tactile, material, physical, real, substantial
→ Definition: perceptible by touch.
→ Usage: the atmosphere of neglect and abandonment was almost tangible.
→ Meaning: reveal, bespeak, indicate, signify, signal, denote, show, display
→ Definition: clearly show the existence or truth of (something) by giving proof or evidence.
→ Usage: Their shameful silence demonstrates their ineptitude.
→ Meaning: tell, relate, report, relay, retail, detail, unfold
→ Definition: give a spoken or written account of.
→ Usage: The story is narrated by the heroine.
→ Meaning: retreat, go back, move back, move away
→ Definition: go or move back or further away from a previous position
→ Usage: The floodwaters had receded.
→ Meaning: censorious, condemnatory, scathing, criticizing, disapproving, negative
→ Definition: expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments’.
→ Usage: I was very critical of the previous regime.
→ Meaning: Important, well known, leading, noted, public, foremost, big, top, great, famed
→ Definition: important; famous.
→ Usage: She was a prominent member of the city council.
→ Meaning: credulous, innocent, simple, unsceptical, unworldly, ignorant
→ Definition: easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.
→ Usage: An attempt to persuade a gullible public to spend their money.
→ Meaning: do without, go without, give up, surrender, eschew
→ Definition: go without (something desirable).
→ Usage: She wanted to forgo the tea and leave while they could.
→ Meaning: measure, calculate, compute, work out, determine, ascertain
→ Definition: estimate or determine the amount, level, or volume of.
→ Usage: Astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic brightness.
→ Meaning: developing, impending, growing, emerging, emergent, dawning
→ Definition: (of a person) developing into a specified type or role.
→ Usage: We seemed more like friends than incipient lovers.
→ Meaning: malicious, spiteful, hostile, evil-minded, baleful, bitter
→ Definition: having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
→ Usage: The glint of dark, malevolent eyes.
→ Meaning: theory, hypothesis, thesis, argument, premise, postulation, theorem, concept, idea, statement
→ Definition: a statement or assertion that expresses a judgment or opinion.
→ Usage: The proposition that high taxation is undesirable.
→ Meaning: fly up, wing, wing its way
→ Definition: fly or rise high in the air.
→ Usage: The bird spread its wings and soared into the air.
→ Meaning: attack, abuse, assault, beat, thump, pummel, pound
→ Definition: treat (someone) in a savage and violent way
→ Usage: They brutalize and torture persons in their custody.
→ Meaning: irritable, cross, fraction, testy, touchy
→ Definition: bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.
→ Usage: He can be a cantankerous old fossil at times.
→ Meaning: Barrier, hurdle, stumbling block, bar, block, problem, deterrent, handicap
→ Definition: a thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress.
→ Usage: The major obstacle to achieving that goal is money.
→ Meaning: hackneyed, banal, clichéd, vapid, ordinary
→ Definition: (of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse.
→ Usage: This point may now seem obvious and trite.
→ Meaning: Mockery, ridicule, jeering, sneers, scoffing
→ Definition: contemptuous ridicule or mockery.
→ Usage: My stories were greeted with derision and disbelief.
→ Meaning: winding, windy, zigzag, turning, curving, twisting, snaky
→ Definition: following a winding course.
→ Usage: Meandering Rivers flow at vastly different rates.
→ Meaning: impassioned, intense, ardent, sincere, feeling, heartfelt
→ Definition: having or displaying a passionate intensity.
→ Usage: A fervent supporter of the revolution.
→ Meaning: ruby, red, rosy, red faced, pinkish
→ Definition: having a red or flushed complexion.
→ Usage: A stout man with a florid face.
→ Meaning: agreement, accord, concord, unity, union, solidarity
→ Definition: agreement by all people involved; consensus.
→ Usage: There is almost complete unanimity on this issue.
→ Meaning: immorality, wrong, badness, wickedness, evil, impurity
→ Definition: immoral or wicked behavior.
→ Usage: An open sewer of vice and crime.
→ Meaning: debatable, open to debate, Open to discussion, open to question, doubtful
→ Definition: not established as a fact, and so open to question or debate.
→ Usage: whether it can be described as art criticism may be disputable.
→ Meaning: Open up, tell, bring out, disclose, release, leak
→ Definition: make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.
→ Usage: Brenda was forced to reveal Robbie's whereabouts.
→ Meaning: Intentional, calculated, meant, prearranged, studied, done on purpose
→ Definition: done consciously and intentionally.
→ Usage: A deliberate attempt to provoke conflict.
→ Meaning: Tonic, restorative, bracing, refreshing
→ Definition: raise levels of physiological or nervous activity in (the body or any biological system).
→ Usage: The women are given fertility drugs to stimulate their ovaries.
→ Meaning: Dangerous, hazardous, fraught with danger
→ Definition: full of danger or risk.
→ Usage: She a perilous journey south.
→ Meaning: Overjoyed, exultant, joyful, gleeful, thrilled
→ Definition: feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.
→ Usage: A large number of jubilant fans ran on to the pitch.
→ Meaning: Criticize, censure, attack, condemn, reprove, berate, find fault with
→ Definition: call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge.
→ Usage: Her sister was arraigned on charges of attempted murder.
→ Meaning: Abettor, associate, collaborator
→ Definition: a person who helps another commit a crime.
→ Usage: An accomplice in the murder.
→ Meaning: careful, exacting, demanding, accurate, correct
→ Definition: showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
→ Usage: The designs are hand-glazed with meticulous care.
→ Meaning: Give, grant, tender, award, present, hand, yield
→ Definition: give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition).
→ Usage: The powers accorded to the head of state.
→ Meaning: climb, scaling, scramble, clamber
→ Definition: a climb or walk to the summit of a mountain or hill.
→ Usage: The first ascent of the Matterhorn.
→ Meaning: Accolade, paean, tribute, compliment, commendation
→ Definition: a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, especially a tribute to someone who has just died.
→ Usage: A eulogy to the Queen Mother.
→ Meaning: Overstatement, magnification, embroidery, excess, overkill, overplaying
→ Definition: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
→ Usage: He vowed revenge with oaths and hyperboles.
→ Meaning: Huge, enormous, giant, massive, towering, titanic, epic, massive, vast
→ Definition: huge
→ Usage: A mammoth corporation.
→ Meaning: Combine, merge, unite, integrate, fuse, blend, mix, incorporate
→ Definition: combine or unite to form one organization or structure.
→ Usage: He amalgamated his company with another.
→ Meaning: in rush, rush, stream, flood, ingress
→ Definition: an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things.
→ Usage: A massive influx of tourists.
→ Meaning: flawless, spotless, stainless, perfect, ideal, model
→ Definition: in accordance with the highest standards; faultless.
→ Usage: He had impeccable manners.
→ Meaning: Highest point, crowning point, height, top, peak, climax, maximum, flower
→ Definition: the time at which something is most powerful or successful.
→ Usage: In 1977, punk was at its zenith.
→ Meaning: neat, trim, well kept, straight, tidy
→ Definition: neatly and methodically arranged.
→ Usage: An orderly arrangement of objects.
→ Meaning: autograph, initial, super scribe, inscribe, countersign
→ Definition: declare one's public approval or support of.
→ Usage: The report was endorsed by the college.
→ Meaning: illness, disease, sickness
→ Definition: an illness, typically a minor one.
→ Usage: We spend more on almost any article of bodily aliment than on our mental aliment.
→ Meaning: pollute, corrupt, infect
→ Definition: make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.
→ Usage: The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity
→ Meaning: liberality, bounty, generosity
→ Definition: Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others
→ Usage: Presumably public money is not dispensed with such largesse to anyone else
→ Meaning: run, escape, take off
→ Definition: Run away from a place or situation of danger
→ Usage: To escape the fighting, his family fled from their village
→ Meaning: indignation, fury, anger
→ Definition: An extremely strong reaction of anger, shock, or indignation
→ Usage: Her voice trembled with outrage
→ Meaning: curry, brush, comb
→ Definition: Brush and clean the coat of (a horse, dog,or other animal)
→ Usage: The horses were groomed and taken to shows
→ Meaning: case, legal proceeding, legal dispute
→ Definition: The process of taking legal action
→ Usage: The company wishes to avoid litigation
→ Meaning: course, route, path
→ Definition: The path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces
→ Usage: The missile trajectory was preset
→ Meaning: anxiety, perturbation, disquiet, distress
→ Definition: A state of anxiety or nervous excitement
→ Usage: She was wringing her hands in agitation
→ Meaning: property, site, place
→ Definition: A house or building, together with its land and outbuildings, occupied by a business or considered in an official context
→ Usage: The Company has moved to new premises