Unit 2 Vocab (syn/ant) Flashcards
syn: buttonhole, approach, confront
accost
ant: evade, avoid, shun
accost
syn: rubke, reproof
animadversion
ant: praise, compliment
animadversion
syn: keen, enthusiastic, grasping
avid
ant: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic
avid
syn: briny, saline
brackish
ant: fres, clear, sweet
brackish
syn: promptness, alacrity, speed
celerity
ant: slowness, slugishness, dilatoriness
celerity
syn: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful
devious
ant: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard
devious
syn: plot, strategem, ruse, maneuver
gambit
syn: (adj) tranquil, serene, placid, palmy
halcyon
ant: (adj) turbulent, chaotic, tumultuous
halcyon
syn: affected, stagy
histrionic
ant: low-keyed, muted, untheatrical, subdued
histrionic
syn: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult
maelstrom
syn: shortsighted
myopic
ant: farsighted
myopic
syn: clear, obvious, manifest, patent
overt
ant: secret, clandestine, covert, concealed
overt
ant: complimentary, ameliorative
pejorative
syn: fitness, correctness, decorum
propriety
ant: unseemliness, inappropriateness
propriety
syn: desecration, profanation, defilement
sacrilege
syn: petitioner, suitor, humbly, earnestly asking
suppliant
syn: amulet, fetish, good luck charm
talisman
ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall
undulate
syn: (adj) inflammatory, provocative, (n) firebrand
incendiary
ant: (adj) soothing, quieting, (n) peacemaker
incendiary