Auxiliary Candid Cubicle Drudgery Envoy Escalate Expedient Feign

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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
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