SYNONYMS merry = gay alienate= estrange solicit =urge, humble heap= pile cargo= freight momentary= transient volume= quantity veer = diverge dispel= dissipate admonish= cautious,usurp meager= scanty latitude=scope latent= potential covet=crave,to desire discretion=prudence emancipate=liberate lethargy=stupor concur=acquiesce confiscate=appropriate 20.baffle=frustrate subside=wane misery=distress pretentious=ostentatious tranquil=serene,silent efface=obliterate obstinate=stubborn hover=linger caprice=whim belated=too late renounce=reject brim=border divulge=reveal lament=wail callow=youthful adhesive=tenacious,sticky furtive=stealthy hamper=obstruct to merit=to deserve inert= passive stiffle=sniths instigate=incite depreciation=deflation deprecate=express disapproval echelon=level of authority intermittent=externally stopping and starting detrimental=harmful abberation=deviation conciliation =to make friendly orthodox=conventional,superstitious fallable=liable to err volatile=ever changing manifestation=clear or obvious connotation=suggest in addition to fundamental meaning circumspect=cautious,prudent absymal=bottomless,unclear illustrious=highly distinguished,nodal prolific=abundantly fruitful delight=high pleasure vehement=violent,forceful,urgent impetus=moving force,stimulus acronym=a word formed disseminate=scatter harbinger=forerunner,announcer tractable=docile,manageable covert=secret,hidden,implied pensive-sadness,contemplate mitigate=to appease,to moderate clutch=to hold motley=multicoloured relinquish=to give up,renounce transient=momentary,not lasting parley=conference vitiate=not in operation hilarity=comical expound=to expose,to explain sinister=evil retrograde=to go back salient=prominent nascent=emerging,budding exonerate=freeing from burden,go away appal=shock anomaly=irregularity embrace=to take in hands acumen=shrewdness ordain=command florid=ornate penitence=compunction whet=stimulate mortify=humiliate adage=proveb rapt=concealed cajole=coax abode=dwelling extricate=isolate,liberate pious=devout ovation=applause incentive=provacation indignity=unworthiness,disgrace inept=unfit infirmity=feeble,weak candid=frank dangle=to hang loosely restiveness=unwilling to go irksome=causing uneasiness jaunty=light-hearted nebuluos=misty,hazy,vague decollete=with neck uncovered misapprehension=understanding in a wrong manner obloquy=disgrace SYNONYMS censure=criticize,approve optimum=favourable effusive=overenthusiastic,spontaneous cite=quote irradiate=radiate tenacious=firm,stubborn voluble=talkative,loquacious banal=commonplace,trite generic=general emperical=mathematical circuitous=roundabout,indirect surveillance=observation raucous=harsh,rasping voracious=greedy,hungry pedigree=ancestry,derivation fidelity=loyalty,commitment augment=add to ,magnify precarious=hazardous alacrity=cheerful promptness derogatory=detracting,injurious onus=responsibility analogous=comparable expedient=suitable,advisable assuage=to soften,to mitigate compliance=yielding,agreement diffidant=shy plaintive=lamenting insinuate=hint,intimate misdemeanor=bad conduct gregarious=helpful anathema=curse benign=kind attenuate=to weaken sonorous=resonant bolster=support divergent=deviating heterodox=having a different opinion decollate=behead ignonimous=dishonour,disgrace effigy = dummy sacrosanct=too important cryptic=hidden,secret debilitate=to weaken skeptic=doubt minion=darling,flatterer,a sevile dependent erroneous=full of error veracity=truthfulness brackish=somewhat saline cogent=powerful taciturn=unspoken liaison=union,bond,connection ramification=branching impasse=a place from where there is no outlet semblance=outward show exasperate=to make rough,to irritate somebody to a high degree invoke= to call upon recapitulate=review slump=to fall in mud sagacity=keen in perception or thought translucent=partially transparent cacophony=a disagreeable sound jaded=fatigued mien=look,manner buxom=gay,jolly denoument=final outcome of an event foray= to raid behest=hold down erratic=unknown disparity=unequaity ovulate=fertilize whimsical=fanciful dogmatic=arbitrary,opinionated daze= to stun scathing=to injure,hurt icon=figure,portrait freight=cargo pithy=strong,energetic isotropic=having same properties docile=teachable aegis=protection exacting=compelling full payment,unreasonable demand fiasco=failure intercept=to cut arbitrary=not bound by rules categorical=positive,absolute,without exception protract=to prolong obliterate=to blot out,rub out altercation=heated arguement dwindle=to grow less,to waste away efface=rub agrarian=related to agriculture vacillate=dilemma experdent=fitting proper simulate=produce artificially cognizance=knowledge retrospective=review naive=innocent eqvivocate=tallying on both sides affinity=strong bond expedite=hasten, speed up adversary=opponent affable=lovable egregious= exceptional,outstanding conglomeration=group erudite=wise,profound augury=prediction differential=having or showing or making use of constituent=accompanying distention=act out,stretch out litigation=engaging in a law suite preponderant=superiority of power precipitate=quicken SYNONYMS repugnance=inconsistency slur=thin mud protean=variable,inconstant balmy=mild recalcitrant=stubborn guile=deceive ponderous=weighty,heavy baleful=malignant,painful,hurtful intrepid=brave evanescent=fleeting,fading away genuflect=bend down as respect proclivity=inclination,prone stoic=indifference to pleasure or pain stilted=elevating hesitant=to stop making a decision conjecture=a forecast,a guess asperity=roughness,harshness felicitous=happy,prosperous bouillon=boiled meat pillage= act of plundering physiognamy= the act of judging one character from apperance bilk=to elude,to cheat repudiate=to divorce,to reject inundate=overwhelm nettle=to sting with annoyance mulch=loose material impugn=oppose sobriety=habit of being sober misanthrope=hater of mankind tarry=to linger,to delay waif=wanderer,ownerless property debacle=breakup or collapse incontinent=not restraining the passions lacklusture=dull paradox=contrary to the received opinion moribund=dying mundane=lonely,earthly mollify=to soften,to abate equanimity=evenness of mind gist=main point of a matter contraband=excluded by law awry=distorted frugality=economy repartee=ready and witty retort boisterous=noisy ungainly=awkward, clumsy profound=deep seated, intense incorrigible=beyond correction interdict=prohibit cohere=held together ANTONYMS pristine * sullied turbid * limpid precipitate * dilatory /contradictory revere * threaten impromptus * carefully rehearsed balloon * decrease slowly avid * indifferent morose * lighthearted neologism * archaism rarefy * condense caustic * innocuous solvent * precipitant estimable * infamous