Question | Answer |
Adversary | (n.) an enemy opponent
Synonyms: antagonist, rival, foe
Antonyms: friend, ally, supporter, confederate |
Allenate | (v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
Synonyms: separate, drive apart, estrange
Antonyms: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile |
artifice | (n.) a skillful or ingenious device ; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
Synonyms: ruse, stratagem, contrivance |
coerce | (v.) to compel, force
Synonyms: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain
Antonyms: persuade, cajole |
craven | (adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward
Synonyms: (adj.) fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous
Antonyms: (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant |
culinary | (adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen |
delete | (v.) to erase, wipe out , cut out
Synonyms: remove, cancel, expunge
Antonyms: insert, add, retain, include |
demise | (n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
Synonyms: decease, passing away
Antonyms: birth, beginning, commencement |
exhilarate | (v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
Synonyms: stimulate, excite, gladden
Antonyms: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit |
fallow | (adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish- yellow; (n.) land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed
Synonyms: (adj.) unproductive, inert, dormant
Antonyms: (adj.) productive, fertile, prolific |
harass | (v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
Synonyms: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer |
inclement | (adj.) stormy, harsh; severe, in attitude or action
Synonyms: blustery, tempestuous, implacable
Antonyms: mild, gentle, balmy, tranquil |
muse | (v.) to think about in a dream way, ponder
Synonyms: meditate, contemplate, daydream |
negligible | (adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded
Synonyms: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant
Antonyms: significant, crucial, momentous |
perpetuate | (v.) to make permanent or long lasting
Synonyms: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely
Antonyms: discontinue, abolish, abandon |
precedent | (n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
Synonyms: guide, tradition, model |
punitive | (adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment
Synonyms: penalizing, retaliatory |
redress | (v.) to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or injury
Synonyms: (v.) rectify, correct, mitigate |
sojourn | (n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a time
Synonyms: (n.) visit, stopover, brief stay |
urbane | (adj.) refined in manner or style, suave
Synonyms: elegant
Antonyms: crude, uncouth, boorish |