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GRE- Week 1.1
1-49 Words - Antonyms
| What is the antonym for-? | Antonym |
|---|---|
| inchoate | Near Antonyms advanced, developed, evolved, high, higher, improved, refined Antonyms adult, full-blown, full-fledged, mature, ripe, ripened |
| obdurate | 1. Antonyms charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, kindly, merciful, sensitive, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted 2. Antonyms acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant |
| amalgamate | Near Antonyms cleave, disjoin, disunite, divide, divorce, part, rupture, sever, sunder; disperse, dissolve, scatter; detach, disengage, split Antonyms break down, break up, separate, unmix |
| effrontery | Near Antonyms bashfulness, diffidence, faintheartedness, hesitancy, modesty, shyness, timidity, timidness, timorousness; civility, courteousness, courtesy, gentility, graciousness, mannerliness, manners |
| rarefy | 1. to make dense 2. unpurified, not spiritual |
| diatribe | Near Antonyms encomium, eulogy, panegyric, rhapsody, tribute; acclaim, acclamation, accolade, citation, homage, honor, praise; approval, blessing, commendation, endorsement (also indorsement), sanction; ovation, plaudit, rave |
| precipitate (adj) | Near Antonyms calculated, calculating, measured; circumspect, foresighted, forethoughtful; drawn-out, extended, long-term, prolonged; faltering, hesitant, hesitating, tentative; dallying, dawdling, laggard, leisurely |
| precipitate (n) | 1. Antonyms antecedent, causation, cause, occasion, reason |
| precipitate (v) | Near Antonyms drizzle, mist, mizzle, spit, sprinkle |
| disabuse | Near Antonyms beguile, bluff, cozen, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, misguide, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, snow, take in, trick |
| aver | 1. Antonyms deny, gainsay 2. Near Antonyms minimize, understate; disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook |
| bolster | Near Antonyms undercut, undermine, weaken |
| undermine | bolster |
| deliberate (adj) | 1. Antonyms casual, unadvised, uncalculated, unconsidered, unstudied 2. Antonyms nondeliberate, nonpurposive, unintentional |
| deliberate (v) | Near Antonyms disregard, ignore, overlook, slight; dismiss, pooh-pooh (also pooh), reject |
| assuage | 1. Antonyms aggravate, exacerbate 2. Near Antonyms arouse, excite, pique, stimulate; tantalize, tease 3. Antonyms anger, enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, ire, madden, outrage |
| laconic | 1. Antonyms circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy 2. Antonyms blabby, chatty, communicative, conversational, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, motormouthed, mouthy, talkative, talky, unreserved |
| lucid | 1. Antonyms dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant 2. Antonyms brainsick, crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, insane, lunatic 3. Antonyms ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, |
| enervate | 1. Antonyms brace, energize, enliven, invigorate, quicken, stimulate, vitalize, vivify 2. Antonyms beef (up), fortify, strengthen |
| morose | Antonyms bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive, friendly, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny |
| eulogy | Near Antonyms censure, condemnation, denunciation, indictment, rebuke, reprimand, reproof; admonition, correction, harangue, lecture, sermon |
| placate | Antonyms anger, enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, ire, madden, outrage |
| antagonism | Near Antonyms amiability, amicability, civility, cordiality, friendliness, hospitality, neighborliness; comity, empathy, friendship, goodwill, sympathy, understanding Antonyms amity |
| skeptical | 1. Antonyms credulous, gullible (also gullable), trustful, trusting, uncritical, unquestioning 2. Antonyms certain, convinced, positive, sure |
| intrepid | Antonyms chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, coward, cowardly, craven, dastardly, fainthearted, fearful, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], nerveless, poltroon, poor-spirited, pusillanimous |
| mollify | 1. Antonyms anger, enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, ire, madden, outrage 2. Antonyms aggravate, exacerbate |
| anomalous | 1. Antonyms common, customary, normal, ordinary, typical, unexceptional, unextraordinary, usual 2. Antonyms natural, normal, regular, standard, typical |
| mundane | 1. Near Antonyms high-minded, lofty, noble, sublime; aberrant, abnormal, atypical; exceptional, extraordinary, freak, peculiar, phenomenal, rare, singular, special, uncommon, 2. Antonyms heavenly, nontemporal, unearthly, unworldly |
| quotidian | 1. Antonyms extraordinary, infrequent, rare, seldom, uncommon, unfamiliar, unusual 2. Near Antonyms monthly, weekly, yearly; erratic, infrequent, irregular; occasional, spasmodic, spastic, sporadic; interrupted |
| burgeon | 1. Antonyms contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane 2. Near Antonyms dry up, fade, shrivel, wilt, wither; die, drop, expire, perish |
| sap (n) | 1. Antonyms lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity 2. Near Antonyms cheat, cheater, confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, hoaxer, shark, sharper, slicker, swindler, trickster 3. Antonyms illness, sickness, unhealthiness, unsoundness |
| sap (v) | Antonyms beef (up), fortify, strengthen |
| occult | 1. Near Antonyms fathomable, intelligible, understandable; apparent, clear, evident, 2. Antonyms accessible, clear, nonambiguous, obvious, plain, unambiguous, unequivocal 3. Near Antonyms commonplace, everyday, normal, ordinary, prosaic |
| gainsay | 1. Antonyms acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede, confirm, own 2. Antonyms agree (with), concur (with) |
| pith | nonessential |
| gist | nonessential |
| hackneyed | Antonyms fresh, new, novel, original, unclichéd, unhackneyed |
| corroborate | 1. Antonyms disprove, rebut, refute 2. Near Antonyms undercut, undermine, weaken |
| plasticity | Near Antonyms inflexibility, rigidity, stiffness |
| ebullience | dull, uninterested |
| plethora | 1. Antonyms deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, undersupply 2. Antonyms deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, undersupply |
| artless | 1. Antonyms affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dishonest, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, false, guileful, insincere, phony (also phoney), pretentious 2. Antonyms refined |
| artifice | 1. Antonyms artlessness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness 2. Antonyms artlessness, forthrightness, good faith, guilelessness, ingenuousness, sincerity 3. Near Antonyms artlessness, forthrightness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, sincerity |
| din (n) | Antonyms quiet, silence, silentness, still, stillness |
| precarious | stability |
| default | Near Antonyms compliance, discharge, fulfillment (or fulfilment) |
| tortuous | Near Antonyms direct, linear Antonyms straight, straightaway |
| tenuous | dense and fat, full of substance/strength |
| profuse | Antonyms dribbling, trickling |
| propitiate | Antonyms anger, enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, ire, madden, outrage |
| zenith | Antonyms bottom, nadir, rock bottom |
| desiccate | 1. Antonyms hydrate, wash, water, wet 2. Antonyms hydrate, wash, water, wet |
| veneration | treating with disrespect |
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