Simple Synonyms 01
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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