synonyms Flashcards
abject
wretched, miserable, degrading
ameliorating
improving, making better
advent
onset, arrival
anomaly
oddity, irregularity
amorphous
shapeless, formless
arcane
mysterious, secret
accreted
accumulated, gathered
ambivalent
irresolute, undecided, indecisive
accords
agreements
austerity
frugality, abstemiousness
avant garde
cutting edge, experimental
apocryphal
fictitious, imaginary, fabricated
abhorrent
detestable, harmful, repugnant
aphorism
saying, maxim, axiom, adage
austere
strict
agitating
provoking
behooves
befits, have responsibility for
benign
gentle and kind, harmless, innocent, innocuous
bereft
robbed of, deprived of
braced
readied, prepared, nerved
breach
cross, break through
blackballed
rejected, banned, barred
compellingly
persuasively, cogently, convincingly
capricious
fickle, unstable, mercurial, erratic (given to sudden and accountable changes of mood or behavior)
convoy
fleet, motorcade
corrosive
damaging, harmful
catchall
all encompassing
contagion
infection, plague, pestilence, blight
couch
frame, phrase, state
depradation
devastation, wreckages
didatic
pedagogic, instructive (tone: sometimes patronizing)
dimunitive
short, petite, small
draconian
harsh, severe, stringent
derisive
denigrating, scornful, disparaging, derogatory
demonised
vilified
disenchantment
disillusioned, dissatisfied
demaracations
distinctions, divisions, separations
Esoteric
obscure, profound, abstruse (esoteric domain) [only meant to be understood by a select group of people with a specialised knowledge or interest]
Emphatically
clearly, indubitably, absolutely, wholly, certainly
Elixir
tonic, medicine
Excoriate
criticise severely
Extrapolating
extending the application of a trend
Ethnocentrism
racism, bigotry
Expedient (n)
measure, method, scheme
expedient (v)
advantageous, convenient, effective
exulting
rejoicing, delighting, reveling
Emphatic
(expressing something forcibly and clearly), firm, vehement, insistent
feral
wild
friendly
amicable
foment
instigate, provoke, incite, encourage
foibles
shortcomings, imperfections, weaknesses
fetishes
obsessions, fixations, fascinations
gambit
stratagem, plan, scheme
haughty
arrogant, conceited, proud
histrionic
melodramatic, exaggerated
heuristically
by way of happenstance
intangible
incorporeal, abstract, impalpable
intangible
indefinable, inexpressible, indescribable
inoculate
immunized, vaccinate
innocous
harmless, safe, benign
insipid
boring, vapid, spiritless, tasteless
impasse
deadlock
influence
sway
impeding
retarding
intermediary
broker, agent, middleman, liaison
insidious
deceitful, tricky, deceptive
infinitesimally
minutely, imperceptibly, indiscernably
instrumentalism
pragmatism, practically
impunity
without punishment
levy
tax
loathsome
detestable, odious, repugnant, abominable
larceny
thievery, robbery
litany
recitation, account
malignant
virulent, invasive, infectious
normative
prescriptive
nihilistic
lawless, anarchic
ostensible
purported, apparent, professed (stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so)
ostensibly
superficially, seemingly, apparently
plethora
overabundance, profusion,
paradigm
ideal, standard
plausible
credible, reasonable
pedantic
over-exacting, fastidious, punctilious
pundit
expert, advisor, consultant
protocol
etiquette, convention, formalities
pragmatic
practical, sensible, realistic
pristine
immaculate, unspoilt, spotless
putative
supposed, assumed, presumptive
patrician
ennobling, dignifying
peroration
harangue, diatribe, criticism
philippic
harangue, attack, denunciation
profilgately
wastefully
rabid
frenzied, fanatical
relics
ancient objects, antiquities
redress(v)
correct, ameliorate, rectify
redress (n)
recompense, reparation, compensation, restitution
repatriation
return
reeling
staggering, addled
rapaciously
greedily, avariciously, covetously
racy
risqué, immodest, salacious
sequester
isolate, seclude
seat
principle site
shrewdness
astuteness, smartless, cleverness
scrabble
grope, muddling
shorn (of)
removed
serendipity
good fortune, providence, fortuity
trajectories
path, routes, courses
tick
work
tropes
motifs, elements
tempered
mitigated, moderated
trumps
is more important than, eclipses
taint
stigma, tarnish, disgraced
traction
subscription, purchase
threshold
minimum, lowest point
usurped
taken over, supplanted
ubiquitous
widespread, omnipresent, prevalent
vociferous
vehement, forceful
virulently
dangerously
vernacular
colloquialism, dialect, everyday language
vituperative
bitter and abusive
xenophobic
racist, nationalist
zeitgeist
the defining mood and spirit of an era
relevant
pertinent, applicable
replaced
substituted, exchange
perspective
viewpoint, outlook
reconcile
accept, resolve
resolve
settle, solve, rectify, correct
everlasting
enduring, permanent
correct
rectify
verify
check, corroborate, substantiate, validate
coordination
harmonious body movement
balance
equilibrium
flexibility
litheness, limberness
self-discipline
self-mastery
determination
resolve
respect for rules
regard for regulations
self-esteem
confidence