Term | Definition |
abut | (v.) to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up
syn: border on, bolster |
attire | (n.) clothes, apparel, garb; (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedeck
syn: clothing |
avail | (v.) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; (n.) use, benefit, or value |
crony | (n.) a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
Ant: enemy, rival |
cryptic | (adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
Ant: crystal clear, unambiguous |
divergent | (adj.) going in different directions; different from each other, departing from convention, deviant
Syn: not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional
Ant: merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional |
enmity | (n.) hatred, ill-will
Syn: hostility, animosity, antagonism
Ant: friendship, amity |
fervent | (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
Syn: enthusiastic, ardent, burning, blazing, scorching
Ant: blase, apathetic, restrained, emotionless |
gaunt | (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
Syn: lean, scrawny, lanky, all skin and bones
Ant: plump, chubby, stout, corpulent |
infiltrate | (v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
Syn: slip into, creep into, penetrate |
nullify | (v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
Syn: invade, annul
Ant: confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction |
perceptible | (adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
Syn: noticeable, discernible, observable
Ant: invisible, unnoticeable, indiscernible |
plummet | (v.) to plummet straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to a line
Syn: take a nosedive
Ant: soar, skyrocket |
proclaim | (v.)to declare publicly or officially
Syn: announce, promulgate
Ant: conceal, cover up |
proxy | (n.) an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
Syn: deputy, representativeank |
rankle | (v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that pains grow worse with time)
Syn: irritate, vex, nettle, irk, gall
Ant: please, delight, gratify |
scavenger | (n.) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
Syn: rummager |
stint | (v.) to limit, be sparing or frugal; (n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity
Syn: restrict, scrimp, economize
Ant: splurge, squander, lavish |
stoical | (adj.) self controlled; not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
Syn: unresponsive, impassive
Ant: excitable, emotional, hotheaded |
unflagging | (v.) tireless, continuing with vigor
Syn: steady, undiminished, unremitting
Ant: diminishing, drooping, sagging |