Simple Synonyms 01

Sep 5, 2021 - 23:09 Updated: Sep 7, 2021 - 21:36

WORD	MEANING
Abate	subside, or moderate
Aberrant	abnormal, or deviant
Abeyance	suspended action
Abscond	depart secretly and hide
Abstemious	sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
Admonish	warn; reprove
Adulterate	make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
Aesthetic	artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
Aggregate	gather; accumulate
Alacrity	cheerful promptness; eagerness
Alleviate	relieve
Amalgamate	combine; unite in one body
Ambiguous	unclear or doubtful in meaning
Ambivalence	the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
Ameliorate	improve
Anachronism	something or someone misplaced in time
Analogous	comparable
Anarchy	absence of governing body; state of disorder
Anomalous	abnormal; irregular
Antipathy	aversion; dislike
Apathy	lack of caring; indifference
Appease	pacify or soothe; relieve
Apprise	inform
Approbation	approval
Appropriate v.	acquire; take possession of for one’s own use
Arduous	hard; strenuous
Artless	without guile; open and honest
Ascetic	practicing self-denial; austere
Assiduous	diligent
Assuage v.	ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
Attenuate	make thinner
Audacious	daring; bold
Austere	forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
Autonomous	self-governing; independent
Aver	assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact

Banal	hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality
Belie	contradict; give a false impression

Beneficent	kindly; doing good
Bolster	support; reinforce
Bombastic	pompous; using inflated language
Boorish	rude; insensitive
Burgeon	grow forth; send out buds
Burnish	make shiny by rubbing; polish
Buttress v.	support; prop up

Capricious	unpredictable; fickle
Castigation	punishment; severe criticism
Catalyst	agent that increases the pace of a chemical action
Caustic	burning; sarcastically biting
Chicanery	trickery; deception
Coagulate	thicken; congeal; clot
Coda	concluding section of a musical or literary composition; summarizes or concludes
Cogent	convincing
Commensurate adj.	corresponding in extent, degree, etc.; proportionate
Compendium	brief, comprehensive summary
Complaisant	trying to please; overly polite; obliging
Compliant	yielding; conforming to requirements
Conciliatory	reconciling; soothing
Condone	overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
Confound	confuse; puzzle
Connoisseur	person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of art
Contention	claim; thesis
Contentious	quarrelsome
Contrite	penitent
Conundrum	riddle; difficult problem
Converge	approach; tend to meet; come together
Convoluted	coiled around; involved; intricate
Craven	cowardly

Daunt	intimidate; frighten
Decorum	propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
Default	failure to act
Deference	courteous regard for another’s wishes
Delineate	portray; depict; sketch
Denigrate	blacken
Deride	ridicule; make fun of
Derivative	unoriginal; obtained from another source
Desiccate	dry up
Desultory	aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
Deterrent	Something that discourages; hindrance
Diatribe n.	bitter scolding; invective
Dichotomy	split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
Diffidence	Shyness
Diffuse adj.	wordy, rambling, spread out (like a gas)