| Question |
Answer |
| culinary |
of or related to kitchen or food |
| reputed |
supposedly known |
| reputable |
respectable |
| orgy |
over indulgence in pleasure seeking |
| extravagant |
wasteful |
| lavish |
wasteful |
| prodigal |
wasteful |
| profligate |
wasteful |
| spendthrift |
wasteful |
| sumptuous |
costly looking ; wasteful |
| dissipating |
wasteful |
| frugal |
careful in spending |
| sparing |
careful in spending |
| thrifty |
careful in spending |
| miserly |
stingy |
| niggardly |
stingy |
| tightfisted |
stingy |
| closefisted |
stingy |
| parsimonious |
stingy |
| penurious |
stingy |
| miser |
stingy person |
| niggard |
stingy person |
| tightwad |
stingy person |
| skinflint |
stingy person |
| spare |
to save |
| spare |
thin; skinny |
| sparing |
frugal |
| husband |
to spare/ save/ farm/ manage household |
| husbandman |
farmer |
| husbandry |
frugality/farming |
| waspish |
ill-tempered |
| penurious |
needy;poor;stingy |
| penurious |
poor |
| indigent |
poor |
| destitute |
poor |
| impecunious |
poor |
| impoverished |
poor |
| penury |
poverty |
| indigence |
poverty |
| destitution |
poverty |
| impecuniousness |
poverty |
| impoverishment |
poverty |
| privation |
poverty |
| eleemosynary |
depending on alms; charitable; given as charity |
| alms |
$ or things given to poor; charity |
| pauper |
poor person who depends on welfare |
| destitute |
lacking in necessities of life; poor |
| impecunious |
moneyless; poor |
| mercenary |
of or for money ; money - oriented; hired soldier who fights for salary |
| privation |
lack of necessities of life ; destitution |
| escapade |
reckless adventure |
| conventional |
traditional |
| adept |
skillful |
| adroit |
skillful |
| dexterous |
skillful |
| inept |
not skillful |
| maladroit |
not skillful |
| ineptitude |
unskillfulness |
| adept |
skillful/ an expert |
| tyro |
beginner |
| neophyte |
beginner |
| greenhorn |
beginner |
| fledgling |
beginner |
| novice |
beginner |
| inductee |
beginner |
| newcomer |
beginner |
| ABCdarian |
beginner |
| adept |
expert |
| maestro |
expert |
| virtuoso |
expert |
| veteran |
expert |
| guru |
expert |
| connoisseur |
expert |
| verdant |
inexperienced ; fresh & green |
| verdancy |
being inexperienced |
| callow |
young and inexperienced |
| fallow |
[land] not cultivated or utilized; idle; not fertile |
| fledge |
to begin / [bird] to cover body w/ feather |
| fledgling |
beginner / young bird just about to fly |
| virtuoso |
great expert in art, music, etc |
| virtuosity |
great skill |
| finesse |
great skill |
| guru |
a great teacher / religious leader in Hinduism |
| adroit (right hand) |
skillful |
| gauche (left hand) |
clumsy |
| gaucherie |
socially awkward behavior |
| ungainly |
clumsy; awkward |
| wooden |
clumsy; awkward |
| dexterous (right) |
skillful |
| sinister (left) |
evil |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both hands as right & left - handed |
| infallible |
always certain w/ o error |
| certitude |
certainty |
| inerrancy |
being w/o error |
| err |
to make error |
| errant |
mistaken |
| erroneous |
false |
| lapse |
slight error |
| blunder |
to make foolish mistakes / foolish mistake |
| abstruse |
difficult to understand |
| divulge |
to make known |
| debunk |
to make known falseness of myth, etc |
| betray |
to make known; to show |
| intimate |
close; familiar / to show, suggest, indicate |
| reveal |
to make known |
| lay bare |
to make known |
| paucity |
smallness in number |
| iota |
a small number |
| modicum |
small amount |
| snippet |
small piece or amount |
| myriad |
great amount / a great many |
| plather |
great amount |
| precocious |
having developed certain faculties earlier than is normal ; premature |
| precocity |
prematureness |
| preciosity |
over-refinement in language / expression such as extreme subtleties |
| vituperate |
to curse |
| revile |
to curse |
| imprecate |
to curse |
| anathematize |
to curse |
| anathema |
curse / object of hatred |
| solemn |
serious/ religious |
| revere |
to respect |
| venerate |
to respect |
| defer |
to respect/ to postpone duty / responsibility |
| esteem |
to respect |
| reverence |
respect |
| veneration |
respect |
| deference |
respect |
| esteem |
respect |
| homage |
respect |
| deferment |
postponement |
| respectable |
deserving respect |
| reputable |
deserving respect |
| venerable |
deserving respect |
| reverent |
deserving respect |
| estimable |
deserving respect |
| respectful |
showing respect |
| deferential |
showing respect |
| reverential |
showing respect |
| flippant |
showing no respect |
| impertinent |
showing no respect |
| flippancy |
lack of respect |
| impertinent |
not related / showing no deserved respect |
| pertinent |
related |
| relevant |
related |
| cognate |
related |
| germane |
related |
| impertinent |
not related |
| extraneous |
not related |
| tangential |
not related |
| peripheral |
not related |
| catharsis |
strong outlet for emotion |
| lugubrious |
very serious and sad |
| woeful |
sad |
| mournful |
sorrowful |
| wistful |
longing for ; sad |
| doleful |
sad |
| lamentable |
sad |
| glum |
sad |
| gloomy |
sad |
| plaintive |
sorrowful |
| plaintiff |
one who sues |
| dismal |
sad |
| melancholy |
sad |
| elegiac |
sad |
| elegy |
sad music or lit |
| dolorious |
sad |
| lachrymose |
tearful; in habit of weeping; sad |
| lachrymal |
of tears |
| somber |
dark color; sad |
| murky |
dark / grum |
| overcast |
darkened by cloud; sad |
| pathetic |
sad |
| morose |
sad |
| frivolity |
lack of seriousness |
| levity |
lack of seriousness |
| frivolous |
lacking in seriousness |
| levity |
lack of seriousness |
| levitate |
to rise and float in defiance of gravity |
| gravity |
seriousness; pulling force |
| gravitate |
to attract |
| gravitas |
weight; importance |
| fatalism |
belief that all events are predetermined by the fate and hence, inevitable |
| congruous |
harmonious |
| compatible |
harmonious |
| consonant |
harmonious |
| accordant |
harmonious |
| incongruous |
not harmonious |
| incompatible |
not harmonious |
| dissonant |
not harmonious |
| discordant |
not harmonious |
| candid |
frank; innocent/ saying freely what one thinks or feels |
| candid |
opp reticent |
| candor |
innocence |
| deter |
to hinder/block [ discourage] |
| impede |
to hinder/block [ discourage] |
| occlude |
to hinder/block [ discourage] |
| stymie |
to hinder/block [ discourage] |
| inhibit |
to hinder/block [ discourage] |
| restrain |
to hinder/block [ discourage] |
| obstruct |
to hinder/block [ discourage] |
| thwart |
to hinder/block [ discourage] |
| hamper |
to hinder/block [ discourage] |
| stunt |
to hinder/block [ discourage] |
| blight |
to hinder/block [ discourage] |
| deterrence |
hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages] |
| impediment |
hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages] |
| occlusion |
hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages] |
| stymie |
hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages] |
| inhibition |
hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages] |
| restraint |
hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages] |
| obstruction |
hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages] |
| obstacle |
hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages] |
| engender |
to be the cause of ; to cause |
| brandish |
to threaten |
| browbeat |
to threaten |
| cow |
to threaten |
| menace |
to threaten |
| intimidate |
to threaten |
| racketeer |
to threaten |
| lily-livered |
cowardly |
| craven |
cowardly |
| dastard |
coward |
| racketeer |
to make money in illegal way ; threaten |
| profiteer |
to make huge profits in times of need, shortage, etc |
| recur |
to happen again |
| concur |
to happen same time / agree |
| consent |
agree |
| assent |
to agree |
| flout |
to oppose |
| flaunt |
to show off |
| deprecate |
to regard as not important; depreciate; disapprove |
| alleviate |
to calm |
| assuage |
to calm |
| appease |
to calm |
| allay |
to calm |
| lull |
to calm ; a break/ rest during debate |
| compse |
to calm |
| propitiate |
to calm |
| palliate |
to calm |
| salve |
to calm |
| sooth |
to calm |
| mollify |
to calm |
| sedate |
to calm |
| abate |
to calm |
| pacify |
to calm |
| tranquilize |
to calm |
| placate |
to calm |
| relent |
to calm |
| mitigate |
to calm |
| composure |
calmness of mind |
| equanimity |
calmness of mind |
| equanimous |
calm; peaceful |
| halcyon |
calm; quiet |
| serene |
calm |
| pacific |
quiet; peaceful |
| tranquil |
calm |
| placid |
calm |
| implacable |
that cannot be calmed ; revengeful |
| propitiate |
to calm the anger of |
| palliate |
to make pain less |
| palliative |
painkiller |
| to salve |
to soothe |
| sedate |
calm |
| sedation |
calmness |
| sedative |
medicine to calm |
| relent |
to make less severe |
| mitigate |
to make less severe |
| paregoric |
painkiller |
| analgesic |
painkiller |
| abate |
to calm / to cancel a law |
| abrogate |
to cancel |
| rescind |
to cancel |
| revoke |
to cancel |
| countermand |
to cancel |
| abolish |
to cancel |
| repeal |
to cancel |
Pamela Yin
on 2009-07-21
HHS Shrek
