Synonyms 1 Flashcards
remote
faraway, or distant
to detest
to feel intense or violent dislike, or to hate
gracious
to be pleasant or considerate in social interactions
to predict
to declare in advance or to foretell
kin
people with common ancestors, or relatives
pensive
moodily or dreamily thoughtful
to banish
to drive out from home or country, or to exile
fraud
someone who is not what he or she pretends to be, or an imposter
saccharine
overly sweet
to drag
to pull, or to cause movement in a direction with applied force
jovial
good humored or merry
to be indifferent
to be marked by impartiality or to be
neutral
to simulate
to assume the outward appearance of, or to imitate
charisma
magnetic charm or appeal
to apportion
to divide and share out
generic
having the characteristic of a whole group, or general
qualm
feeling of uneasiness about a moral issue, or a scruple
wary
to be attentive especially to danger, or to be cautious
to distort
to twist out of a normal state, or to deform
sumptuous
excessively costly, rich, or luxurious
reel
to move round and round
or to whirl
inscrutable
not easily interpreted or understood, or mysterious
to appall
to overcome with shock, or to dismay
upright
- can mean either honorable or vertical
- horizontal & supine are both antonyms of upright
reverie
the state of being lost in thought, or a
daydream
loot
goods seized in war, or spoils
loquacious
excessively talkative, or garrulous
chimera
fabrication of the mind, or an illusion
temerity
unreasonable contempt for danger or recklessness, or audacity
educe
- to develop something potential or latent
nabob
- a person of great wealth or importance
- a bigwig
to pall
- to deprive of pleasure in something by satiating
sacrosanct
the most sacred, or holy
louche
not reputable, or indecent
stentorian
- loud
- is usually used to imply a voice of great power and range
