Auxiliary Envoy giving assistance or support; a helper, aid a representative or messenger (as of a government) SYNONYMS: additional, back-up; reserve, accessory SYNONYMS: agent, ambassador, emissary, minister ANTONYMS: main, primary, principal Escalate Candid to elevate; to increase in intensity frank, sincere; impartial; unposed SYNONYMS: climb, raise, ascend, mount SYNONYMS: forthright, plainspoken, unbiased ANTONYMS: decrease, lessen, descend, defuse ANTONYMS: insincere, evasive, misleading, artful Expedient Cubicle a means to an end; advantageous, useful a small room or compartment SYNONYMS: contrivance, device; serviceable SYNONYMS: enclosure, hole-in-the-wall ANTONYMS: inconvenient, untimely, disadvantageous ANTONYMS: vast hall, auditorium Feign Drudgery work that is hard and tiresome SYNONYMS: toil, labor, grind ANTONYMS: play, frolic, amusement, recreation, fun to pretend SYNONYMS: fake, sham, affect, simulate Flair Impel a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style to force, drive forward SYNONYMS: aptitude, bent, knack, gift, style, panache SYNONYMS: urge, push, spur, propel, incite ANTONYMS: joyful, uplifting, cheery, upbeat, comforting ANTONYMS: discourage, check, restrain, curb Grievous Incredulous causing sorrow or pain; serious disbelieving, skeptical SYNONYMS: painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant SYNONYMS: dubious, mistrustful, doubting ANTONYMS: joyful, uplifting, cheery, upbeat, comforting ANTONYMS: believing, trustful, gullible Heterogeneous composed of different kinds, diverse Inscribe SYNONYMS: miscellaneous, mixed, variegated to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list ANTONYMS: uniform, homogeneous, of a piece SYNONYMS: imprint, enroll, enlist ANTONYMS: erase, rub out, delete, efface, obliterate Horde a vast number (as of people); a throng Monologue SYNONYMS: crowd, mass, multitude, host, swarm a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person ANTONYMS: few, handful SYNONYMS: soliloquy, recitation ANTONYMS: dialogue, conversation, colloquy Prognosis a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation SYNONYMS: prediction, projection Rasping with a harsh, grating sound; a harsh sound SYNONYMS: scratchy, scraping, abrasive, gravelly ANTONYMS: sonorous, smooth, satiny, silky, mellow Repugnant offensive, disagreeable, distasteful SYNONYMS: hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive ANTONYMS: pleasing, attractive, tempting, wholesome Scuttle to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid or something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; a pail SYNONYMS: abandon, discard, scrap, ditch, dump ANTONYMS: keep afloat, salvage, rescue, preserve