Abate
(verb)
decrease, decline, de-escalate, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane

ab·di·cate
(verb)

abnegate, cede, relinquish, renounce, resign, step aside (from), step down (from), surrender

Aberrant
(adj)

abnormal, deviant, exceptional, aberrated, anomalous, atypical, especial, exceeding, extraordinaire, extraordinary, freak, odd, peculiar, phenomenal, preternatural, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted

Abhor
(v)

detest, regard with disgust, hate, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, loathe

Abjure
(v)

give up, renounce; repudiate, recant, or shun (especially formally or under oath), abnegate, forswear (also foreswear), recant, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw

Abrasive
(adj)

rough, suitable for grinding or polishing (such as sandpaper); causing irritation or annoyance, annoying, aggravating, bothersome, carking, chafing, disturbing, exasperating, frustrating, galling, irksome, irritating, maddening, nettlesome, nettling, peeving, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, pesty, plaguey (also plaguy), rankling, rebarbative, riling, vexatious, vexing

Abridge
(v)

reduce or lessen; shorten by omitting parts throughout while retaining the main idea, abbreviate, shorten, curtail, cut back, dock, elide, syncopate, truncate

Abstain
(v)

hold back, refrain (especially from something bad or unhealthy); decline to vote

Government & Politics terms

Acme
(n)

summit, peak, highest point, height, apex, apogee, capstone, climax, crescendo, crest, crown, culmination, head, high noon, high tide, high-water mark, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, noontime, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, tip-top, top, zenith

Activism
(n)

Adhere
(v)

stick, cleave, cling, hew

Admonish
v

rebuke, chide, reprimand, reproach, reprove, tick off

Adverse
adj

counter, disadvantageous, hostile, inimical, negative, prejudicial, unfavorable, unfriendly, unsympathetic, untoward

Advocate
(v, n)

v - support, back, champion, endorse (also indorse), patronize, plump (for), plunk (for) or plonk (for)
n - exponent, advocator, apostle, backer, booster, champion, expounder, espouser, friend, gospeler (or gospeller), herald, hierophant, high priest, paladin, promoter, proponent, protagonist, supporter

Aesthetic
(adj, n)

adj - lovely, lovesome, pretty, ravishing, seemly, sightly, stunning, taking, well-favored

Other Fine Art Terms

Affable
(adj)

easygoing, breezy, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, laid-back, low-pressure, mellow

Affectation
(n)

pretense, affectedness, grandiosity, inflation, pretension, pretentiousness

Aggrandize
(v)

exalt, canonize, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnify

Aggregate
(v, adj)

v- add up (to), amount (to), come (to), count (up to), number, sum (to or into), total

Alacrity
(n)

amenability, gameness, goodwill, obligingness, willingness

Alienate
(v)

alien, estrange, disaffect, disgruntle, sour

Alleviate
(v)

allay, help, assuage, ease, mitigate, mollify, palliate, relieve, soothe

Ambiguous
(adj)

inexplicable,obscure, arcane, cryptic, dark, deep, Delphic, double-edged, elliptical (or elliptic), enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, fuliginous, inscrutable, murky, mysterious, mystic, nebulous, occult, opaque

Ambivalent
(adj)

Other Psychologial Term

Analogous
(adj)

akin, alike, cognate, comparable, connate, correspondent, corresponding, ditto, like, matching, parallel, resemblant, resembling, similar, such, suchlike

Anarchy
(n)

lawlessness, misrule

Anoint
(v)

smear, bedaub, besmear, daub

Anomaly
(n)

aberration, abnormality, exception, oddity, oddment, rarity

Antagonize
(v)

embitter, empoison, envenom

Apathy
(n)

affectlessness, emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, insensibility, numbness, phlegm, indifference

Apocryphal
(adj)

Other Bible Terms

Arcane
(adj)

abstruse, profound, deep, esoteric, hermetic (also hermetical), recondite

Archaic
(adj)

antiquated, obsolete, dated, démodé, demoded, fossilized, kaput (also kaputt), medieval (also mediaeval), moribund, mossy, moth-eaten, neolithic, Noachian, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, outworn, passé, prehistoric (also prehistorical), rusty, Stone Age, superannuated

Arduous
(adj)

hard, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill

Articulate
(adj, verb)

Adj - eloquent, fluent, silver-tongued, well-spoken
Verb - enunciate

Artifact
(n)

Archaeology Terms

Artless
(adj)

guileless, genuine, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), natural, real, simple, sincere, true, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious

Ascertain
(v)

discover, catch on (to), find out, get on (to), hear, learn, realize, see, wise (up)

Ascetic
(adj, n)

Assuage
(v)

allay, alleviate, help, ease, mitigate, mollify, palliate, relieve, soothe

Audacious
(adj)

arch, nervy, bold, bold-faced, brash, brassbound, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, sassy, saucy, wise

Augment
(v)

accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, increase, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, multiply, pump up, raise, swell, stoke, supersize, up

Austere
(adj)

severe, authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, stern, strict, tough

Autonomous
(adj)

free, freestanding, independent, self-governed, self-governing, self-ruling, separate, sovereign (also sovran)

Aver

(v)

affirm, allege, assert, claim, avouch, avow, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess, protest, purport, warrant

Avid

(adj)

acquisitive, avaricious, greedy, coveting, covetous, grabby, grasping, mercenary, moneygrubbing, rapacious

Balk

(v)

baffle, frustrate, beat, checkmate, discomfit, foil, thwart

Base

(adj)

ignoble, contemptible, currish, despicable, detestable, dirty, dishonorable, execrable, ignominious, low, low-down, low-minded, mean, nasty, paltry, snide, sordid, vile, wretched

Belie

(v)

misrepresent

Benign

(adj)

anodyne, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe, white

Bogus

(adj)

artificial, imitation, dummy, ersatz, factitious, fake, false, faux, imitative, man-made, mimic, mock, pretend, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic

Bolster
(v)

bear, support, brace, buttress, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold

Boor

(n)

bastard, beast, bleeder, swine, toad, varmint, vermin

Buffer

(n)

cushion, gentle, soften

Bureaucracy

(n)

Other Government and Politics Terms

Burgeon

(v)

accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, increase (also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax

Buttress
(v, n)

V - bear, bolster, brace, support, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold

N - anchor, dependence, mainstay, pillar, reliance, standby

Bygone

(adj, n)

extinct, bypast, dead, defunct, departed, done, expired, gone, nonextant, vanished

Cacophony

(n)

babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, brawl, bruit [archaic], noise, chatter, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), din, discordance, katzenjammer, racket, rattle, roar

Candid

(adj)

frank, direct, forthcoming, forthright, foursquare, freehearted, free-spoken, honest, open, openhearted, out-front, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, straight, straightforward, unguarded, unreserved, up-front

Other Christian Terms

Canonical

(adj)

Capricious

(adj)

fickle, changeable, changeful, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, skittish, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile

Cartography

(n)

Castigate

(v)

baste, bawl out, berate, call down, scold, chastise, chew out, dress down, flay, hammer, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lecture, rag, rail (at or against), rant (at), rate, ream (out), rebuke, reprimand, reproach, score, tongue-lash, upbraid

Catalyze

(n)

beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, effect, cause, create, do, draw on, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield

Caustic

(adj)

acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, sarcastic, corrosive, cutting, mordant, pungent, sardonic, satiric (or satirical), scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart

Censure

(n, v)

n - commination, condemnation, denunciation, excoriation, objurgation, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, riot act, stricture

V - condemn, denounce, objurgate, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, bring to account, call to account

Chauvinism

(n)

jingoism, nationalism, superpatriotism

Chronological

(adj)

Clamor

(v)

howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, roar, tumult, uproar, vociferation

Clinch

(v)

decide, determine, nail, settle

Coalesce

(v)

associate, unite, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unify

Cogent

(adj)

compelling, conclusive, convincing, decisive, effective, forceful, persuasive, satisfying, strong, telling

Commensurate

(adj)

commensurable, proportional, proportionate

Complacent

(adj)

apathetic, casual, indifferent, disinterested, incurious, insensible, insouciant, nonchalant, perfunctory, pococurante, unconcerned, uncurious, uninterested

Complementary

(adj)

correlative, reciprocal, supplemental, supplementary

Compliant

(adj)

amenable, biddable, obedient, conformable, docile, law-abiding, submissive, tractable

Concede

(v)

acknowledge, agree, allow, admit, confess, fess (up), grant, own (up to)

Conciliatory

(adj)

accommodate, attune, harmonize, conform, coordinate, key, reconcile

Concur

(v)

coincide, agree

Condone

(v)

blink (at), brush (aside or off), excuse, discount, disregard, forgive, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, overlook, overpass, paper over, pardon, pass over, remit, shrug off, whitewash, wink (at)

Confer

(v)

accord, award, grant, vest

Connoisseur

(n)

cognoscente, dilettante

Console

(v, n)

n - buffet, closet, cabinet, cupboard, hutch, locker, press, sideboard
V - assure, cheer, comfort, reassure, solace, soothe

Consolidate

(v)

center, compact, concenter, concentrate, centralize, polarize, unify, unite

Constrict

(v)

compress, condense, contract, shrink

Construe

(v)

clarify, clear (up), explain, demonstrate, demystify, elucidate, explicate, expound, get across, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, simplify, spell out, unriddle

Contentious

(adj)

aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, belligerent, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike

Contextualize

(v)

Conundrum

(n)

closed book, mystery, enigma, head-scratcher, mystification, puzzle, puzzlement, riddle, secret

Converge

(v)

cluster, collect, concenter, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, convene, assemble, forgather (or foregather), gather, meet, rendezvous

Conversant

(adj)

abreast, acquainted, au courant, familiar, informed, knowledgeable, up, up-to-date, versed, well-informed

Conversely

(adv)

Convoluted

(adj)

baroque, byzantine, complicate, complicated, complex, daedal, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, knotty, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, sophisticated, tangled

Copious

(adj)

profuse, galore, gushing, lavish, riotous

Corroborate

(v)

argue, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, substantiate, support, validate, verify, vindicate

Cosmopolitan

(adj)

worldly–wise, smart, sophisticated, worldly

Countenance

(n, v)
N - cast, look, expression, face, visage
v - accept, care (for), approve (of), favor, OK (or okay), subscribe (to)

Counterintuitive

(adj)

Counterpoint

(n)

Other Music Term

Counterproductive
(adj)

ineffective, feckless, hamstrung, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inexpedient

Covert
(adj)

cloistered, secluded, hidden, isolated, quiet, remote, retired, secret, sheltered

Crafty
(adj)

beguiling, cagey (also cagy), artful, cunning, cute, designing, devious, dodgy [chiefly British], foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, subtle, tricky, wily

Craven
(adj)

chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, cowardly, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow

Credibility

(n)

actability, affability, arability, audibility, bankability, bearability, biddability, breathability, brushability, capability,

Credulous

(adj)

Crescendo

(n)

acme, apex, apogee, capstone, climax, height, crest, crown, culmination, head, high noon, high tide, high-water mark, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, noontime, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, tip-top, top, zenith

Culminate

(v)

cap (off), climax, crown

Cynical

(adj)

misanthropic, pessimistic

Daunt

(v)

chill, discourage, demoralize, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, frustrate, unman, unnerve

Debase

(v)

abase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, lessen, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, vitiate, warp

Debunk

(v)

belie, confound, confute, disprove, disconfirm, discredit, falsify, rebut, refute, shoot down

Decorous

(adj)

befitting, correct, decent, proper, de rigueur, genteel, nice, polite, respectable, seemly

Deem

(v)

allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], conceive, consider, believe, esteem, feel, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, reckon [chiefly dialect], suppose, think

Deface

(v)

vandalize, trash

Default

(n, v)

N - failure, delinquency, dereliction, misprision, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance, oversight

Deference

(n)

acquiescence, biddability, compliancy, compliance, docility, obedience, submissiveness

Deflect

(v)

turn, divert, redirect, swing, veer, wheel, whip

Deleterious

(adj)

adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, harmful, detrimental, evil, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked

Delineate

(v)

define, outline, silhouette, sketch, trace

Denigrate

(v)

bad-mouth, belittle, cry down, decry, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, diminish, dis (also diss) [slang], discount, dismiss, disparage, kiss off, minimize, play down, poor-mouth, put down, run down, talk down, trash, trash-talk, vilipend, write off

Denote

(v)

mean, express, import, intend, signify, spell

Deride

(v)

ridicule, gibe (or jibe), jeer, laugh (at), mock, scout, shoot down, skewer

Derivative

(adj)

secondary, secondhand, by-product, derivate, derivation, offshoot, outgrowth, spin-off

Detached

(adj)

aloof, antisocial, asocial, buttoned-up, cold, cold-eyed, cool, distant, dry, frosty, offish, remote, standoff, standoffish, unbending, unclubbable, unsociable

Deterrent

(n)

Diatribe

(n)

tirade, harangue, jeremiad, philippic, rant

Didactic

(adj)

sermonic, homiletic (or homiletical), moralistic, moralizing, preachy, sententious

Digress

(v)

Din

(n)

babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, brawl, bruit [archaic], cacophony, chatter, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), noise, discordance, katzenjammer, racket, rattle, roar

Disabuse

(v)

disillusion, disenchant, undeceive

Discerning

(adj)

wise, insightful, perceptive, prudent, sagacious, sage, sapient

Discredit

(v)

abase, chasten, cheapen, debase, degrade, demean, humble, disgrace, dishonor, foul, humiliate, lower, shame, sink, smirch, take down

Discrepancy

(n)

contrast, disagreement, difference, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diverseness, diversity, otherness, unlikeness

Discriminating

(adj)

differential, discriminatory, discriminational, discriminative

Disingenuous

(adj)

Disinterested

(adj)

apathetic, casual, complacent, indifferent, incurious, insensible, insouciant, nonchalant, perfunctory, pococurante, unconcerned, uncurious, uninterested

Disjointed

(adj)

choppy, disconnected, incoherent, unconnected

Dismiss

(v)

ax (or axe), bounce, can, cashier, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate, turn off, send packing, show (one) the door

Dispassionate

(adj)

candid, disinterested, fair, equal, equitable, evenhanded, impartial, indifferent, just, nonpartisan, objective, square, unbiased, unprejudiced

Dispatch

(n, v)

consign, send, pack (off), ship, shoot, transfer, transmit, transport

Disperse

(v)

disassemble, dissipate, dissolve, scatter

Disposition

(n)

grain, nature, temper, temperament

Disquieting

(adj)

agitate, ail, alarm (also alarum), bother, concern, derail, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disturb, distemper, distract, distress, exercise, flurry, frazzle, freak (out), fuss, hagride, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weird out, worry

Disseminate

(v)

broadcast, circulate, spread, propagate

Dissent

(v, n)

v - differ, disagree, nonconcur
n - conflict, disaccord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony,

Dissonance

(n)

conflict, disaccord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dissension (also dissention), dissent, dissidence, discord, disunion, disunity, division, friction, infighting, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, war, warfare

Distill

(v)

drip (also distil), dribble, drop, trickle

Diverge

(v)

detour, deviate, turn, sheer, swerve, swing, turn off, veer, wheel

Divest

(v)

deprive dispossess unclothe

Divine

(v)

Allah God ambrosial anticipate beautiful celestial clergyman cleric conjecture deific deiform deify deity delightful detect

Document

(v)

brevet certificate charta charter commission diploma dogma evidence handwriting instruction

Dogma

(n)

doctrine opinion proposition tenet

Dormant

(adj)

asleep inactive quiescent unerect

Dubious

(adj)

doubtful doubting equivocal questionable uncertain undetermined unsettled

Eccentric

(adj)

abnormal anomalous bizarre crank cranky crocheteer curiosity decentered eccentrical elliptic erratic excentrical fantastic guy hobbyist

Eclectic

(adj)

choosing heterogeneous selecting

Eclipse

(n, v)

cloud darken darkness gloom obscuration obscure outshine sully

Efficacy

(n)

effectiveness efficacity efficiency energy force potency virtue

Egalitarian

(adj)

equalitarian, democratic

Egregious

(adj)

extraordinary outrageous surpassing conspicuous

Elated

(adj)

animated ecstatic elate euphoric exalted exhilarated exultant flushed glad inflated joyful jubilant overjoyed puffed-up swollen

Elevate

(v)

advanced aggrandize animate cheer cheer up dignify disparage elate elevated ennoble erect exalt excite flush heighten

Elicit

(v)

call call out draw draw forth draw out educe elicited evident evoke expiscate extort extract fetch open pump wrest wring

Eloquent

(adj)

Ciceronian articulate facund oratorical well-spoken

Embellish

(v)

adorn beautify bedeck deck decorate emblaze emblazon enrich garnish grace illustrate ornament prettify vary

Eminent

(adj)

celebrated conspicuous distinguished elevated exalted famous high illustrious lofty prominent remarkable renowned towering well-known

Empirical

(adj)

a posteriori, confirmable, data-based ,existential, experiential, experimenta,l falsifiable, observational, semiempirical, trial-and-error, verifiable,

Emulate

(v)

add up (to), come (to), correspond (to), amount (to), equal

Enervate

debilitate devitalize emasculate enfeeble paralyze soften unnerve weak weaken weakened

Enhance
(v)

advance advanced aggravate augment exaggerate exalt heighten improve increase intensify

Enigma
(n)

mystery puzzle question riddle

Entitlement
(n)

claim title

Enumerate
(v)

calculate compute count detail estimate mention number recapitulate reckon recount

Ephemeral
(adj)

diurnal ephemeron evanescent fleeting fugitive fungous momentary mushroom occasional short

Equitable
(adj)

candid fair honest impartial just reasonable right upright

Erratic
(adj)

abnormal bowlder capricious changeable eccentric irregular moving odd queer rogue

Erroneous
(adj)

devious errant erring fallacious false incorrect misguided misleading misled mistaken

Erudite
(adj)

learne learned scholarly

Eschew
(v)

avoid shun

Esoteric
(adj)

acroamatic arcane cerebral confidential esoterics interior private recondite secretive select

Estimable
(adj)

admirable adorable creditable precious respectable valuable worshipful

Eulogy
(n)

applause approval encomium eulogism eulogium monody panegyric praise

Exacerbate
(v)

exasperate irritate

Exacting
(adj)

exactive extortionary extortive fastidious harsh meticulous

Exculpate
(v)

absolve acquit clear disculpate excuse exonerate justify pardon vindicate

Exhaustive
(adj)

complete emptying full thorough

Explicit
(adj)

clear express manifest open outspoken overt plain positive raunchy unambiguous

Exponent
(n)

adherent admirer advocate biographer champion critic defender disciple educator embodiment

Extraneous
(adj)

additional alien extra foreign intrusive superfluous

Extrapolate
(v)

calculate cipher compute conclude cypher deduce deduct derive figure infer

Facetious
(adj)

funny humorous jocular merry sportive witty

Facilitate
(v)

aid ease

Fallacious
(ad)

absurd deceptive delusive erroneous illogical misleading

Fanatical
(adj)

ardent bigoted impetuous insane irrational lawless obstinate passionate perverse religious

Fanciful

(adj)

capricious chimerical conceited crotchety curious fantasied fantasque fantastic fantastical ideal

Fathom

(v)

brace explore fathom out figure out penetration profundity puzzle out reach sound span understand work out

Feasible

(adj)

achievable doable possible practicable workable

Fidelity

(n)

faith faithfulness fealty honesty integrity loyalty veracity

Figurative

(adj)

florid flowery representative typical

Finesse
(n, v)

acumen adroitness artifice boldness cleverness deceit decorum delicacy dexterity diplomacy

Flag
(v)

languish layer pendant pennant pennon pine raven slab standard streamer switch tricolor union

Fleeting
(adj)

ephemeral evanescent transient transistor transitory

Foment
(v)

abet bathe embrocate encourage fomentation foster instigate

Foreshadow
(v)

adumbrate antitype foreshow indicate prefigure presage shadow signify

Forfeit
(v)

capitulate deodand escheat fine forfeiture forgo injury lost mischief mulct

Fortify
(v)

battle brace brandy confirm countermure counterscrap embattle encourage entrench fence

Fringe
(n, adj)

bang bangs border bullion confine edge edging fimbria fimbriate fimbriation

Frugal
(adj)

abstemious chary cheap economical saving sparing thrifty œconomical

Futile
(adj)

fruitless idle ineffectual loquacious talkative tattling trivial unavailing useless vain

Gainsay
(v)

contradict controvert deny dispute forbid

Garrulous
(adj)

bombastic chatty loquacious noisy rambling talkative tonguey wordy

Gauche
(adj)

awkward crude gawky graceless tactless twisted unpolished unsophisticated warped winding

Gawky
(adj)

awkward clumsy gauche ungraceful

Germane
(adj)

apt germanium tetrahydride germanomethane monogermane on-topic pertinent relevant

Gist
(n)

basis ground reason

Glib
(adj)

castrate emasculate flippant fluent geld slippery smooth voluble

Goosebumps
(n)

chill bumps cutis anserina goose flesh goose pimples

Gradation
(n)

degree rank series
adaptation complexity diversity harmony inflection

Gregarious
(adj)

outgoing sociable social

Guile
(n)

artifice craft deceit deceitfulness deception duplicity treachery wile

Hackneyed
(adj)

banal clichéd commonplace shopworn stock threadbare timeworn tired trite unoriginal

Hardy
(adj)

barely bold brave compact confident daring enduring firm harshly intrepid

Haven
(adj)

asylum harbor port refuge sanctuary shelter zoar

Hearken
(v)

attend hear heed inquire listen

Hedonist
(n)

sensualist Epicureanism Sybarite assome bargee blasphemers

Heterogeneous
(adj)

dissimilar diverse diversified hybrid hybridous indiscriminate miscellaneous mixed omnigenous unhomogeneous

Hierarchy
(n)

organisation organization series architecture aristocracy attribute boundary classification

Hodgepodge
(n)

farrago hotchpotch melange mingle-mangle mishmash mixture oddments odds and ends omnium-gatherum ragbag

Homogeneous
(adj)

alike congruous consubstantial like same similar uniform unigenous

Hyperbole
(n)

exaggeration overstatement

Idiosyncrasy
(n)

eccentricity idiocrasy peculiarit

Illiberality
(n)

meanness niggardliness

Imminent
(adj)

at hand immediate impendent impending inevitable instant menacing near perilous threatening

Impair
(v)

blemish break crush damage debase debilitate decline decrease deface deteriorate

Impartial
(adj)

disinterested dispassionate equal equitable even fair indifferent just unbiased unpassionate

Impede
(v)

hinder obstruct

Implication
(n)

assumption complication comprehension comprisal connotation inference interlacing involution involvement meaning

Implicit
(adj)

complete complicated entangled implied infolded inherent intrinsic involved trustful unconditional

Implode
(v)

break cave in collapse fall in founder give give way

Inadvertent
(adj)

careless heedless inattentive negligent

Inasmuch
(adv)

as because for since

Incendiary
(adj)

agitator arsonist conflagrator dissentious exciter firer inflammatory seditious

Incentive
(n)

encouragement goad impelling incitement inciting incitive inducement influence instigation mainspring

Inchoate
(adj)

begin beginning elementary embryonic immature incipient incomplete initial nascent rudimentary

Incipient
(adj)

beginner beginning commencing elementary emerging inceptor initial starting

Incongruous
(adj)

absurd disagreeing grotesque improper inappropriate incongruent inconsistent inharmonious unconstituted unfit

Inconsequential
(adj)

inconsequent insignificant negligible trifling trivial unimportant

Incorporate
(v)

assimilate associated blend combined corporate embodied embody incorporated incorporeal spiritual

Indeterminate
(adj)

indefinite indeterminant uncertain

Indifferent
(adj)

Laodicean Spartan adiaphorist adiaphoristic adiaphorous apathetic calm careless cold cool disinterested distant dry dull easeful

Inform
(v)

acquaint advertize advise animate appear appraise apprise certify deformed dob enlighten fashion figure flag formless

Ingenuous
(adj)

artless candid fair frank freeborn generous high-minded honorable ingenious magnanimous

Ingrained
(adj)

atavistic deep-rooted habitual hereditary ill-concealed inborn incurable ineradicable inherent instinctive

Inherent
(adj)

essential immanent inalienable inborn inbred indispensable indwelling inexistent innate inseparable

Innocuous
(adj)

harmless innoxious

Intelligible
(adj)

clear comprehensible easy evident lucid manifest obvious open palpable perspicuous

Intractable
(adj)

contrarious cross crossgrained headstrong idocile impracticable indisciplinable irreconcilable mulish obstinate

Intrepid
(adj)

bold bolt brave courageous daring dauntless doughty fearless heroic resolute

Intrinsic
(adj)

essential genuine inherent innate internal inward natural real

Jargon
(n)

argot babel cant canting chinook dialect gibberish hegelese intalk shop

Jocular
(adj)

dismissive jesting jocose jokey merry silly; see also Wikisaurus:witty sportive unemotional

Judicious
(adj)

discerning discreet judgmatic judicial prudent rational sagacious sensible skillful well-advised

Juncture
(n)

alliance articulation combination concurrence conjunction contingency crisis emergency exigency joining

Keen
(adj)

acrimonious acute ardent biting bitter cutting delightful discerning eager fierce

Kudos
(n)

extol fame glorify glory praise renown

Lackluster
(adj)

bore dull mediocre

Laconic
(adj)

Brie brief brusque concise cruel laconian laconism pithy pointed sententious

Lament
(v, n)

bemoan bewail complain deplore lamentation moaning mourn regret sorrow wailing

Lampoon
(n, v)

defame lash libel satirize

Landmark
(n, adj)

boundary guide hoarstone mark meith mere merestone

Languid
(adj)

Lassitude
(n)

apathy debility faintness languor weariness

Laudable
(adj)

commendable healthful healthy normal praiseworthy salubrious

Lavish
(adj, v)

abundant bestow deluge excessive extravagant exuberant immoderate pour prodigal profuse

Layperson
(n)

layman

Levity
(n)

buoyancy fickleness flightiness frivolity inconsideration inconstancy lightness sportiveness thoughtlessness unsteadiness

Levy
(v, n)

Liberal
(adj, n)

Catholic abundant ample beneficent bounteous bountiful broad broad-minded broadish democratic discomisado eclectic free freethinker generous grit independent indifferent large latitudinarian

Libertine
(n)

Likewise
(adv)

Log
(v, n)

Loquacious
(adj)

Lucid
(adj)

Lull
(n, v)

Makeshift
(n, adj)

Malleable
(adj)

Maverick
(n)

Mendacious
(adj)

counterfeit false lying

Mercurial
(adj)

active changeable crafty fickle sprightly swift volatile

Meticulous
(adj)

careful fearful painstaking precise rigorous scrupulous timid

Metamorphosis
(n)

alteration biological process organic process revision transformation translation

Mitigate
(v)

allay alleviate ameliorate assuage check diminish ease lessen lighten meliorate

Modest
(adj)

bashful becoming boastless chaste coy decent decorous delicate demure diffident humble inobtrusive moderate quiet reserved

Mollify
(v)

calm comfort pacify qualify satisfy soften soothe

Monotony
(n)

drearihead drearihood dreariment dreariness humdrum monotone sameliness sameness

Moreover
(adv)

also besides du reste further furthermore likewise

Mores
(n)

customs habits

Mundane
(adj)

banal boring commonplace earthly everyday ordinary routine terrestrial workaday worldly

Naive
(adj)

artless credulous frank ingenuous

Nascent
(adj)

beginning emergent emerging evolving immature inchoate incipient young

Negate
(v)

demonstrate depart deviate differ disagree dissent diverge establish prove shew

Net
(adj, v)

bobbinet catch clear development drift ensnare entrap fabric flew flue

Nevertheless/Nonetheless
(adv)

at least however nonetheless notwithstanding still though yet

Notoriety
(n)

esclandre ill fame infamy notoriousness proverbialness

Novel
(adj)

fresh modern net new news novelty rare recent strange surprising

Nuance
(n)

ambiguity complexity cue diversity elaboration finesse gradation implication inflection interplay

Objective
(adj)

external extrinsic fair goal outward subjective unbiased unprejudiced

Obsequious
(adj)

abject compliant cringing devoted fawning funereal ingratiating kiss-ass obedient parasitic

Obsolete
(adj)

abortive ancient antiquated antique archaic dead demoted discarded disused exploded

Obstinate
(adj)

asinine bloody-minded bullish camelish cantankerous contumacious cussed dogged dour firm hard-hearted hardened headstrong heady immovable

Obviate
(v)

anticipate overcome

Occult
(n, adj, v)

concealed eclipse hide invisible secret unknown

Offhand
(adj)

ability abrupt act agency agent careless deed dexterity direction extemporaneous

Officious
(adj)

mpertinent kind meddlesome meddling obliging

Offset
(v, n)

balance branch counterpoise neutralize ornament set-off start

Onerous
(adj)

burdensome demanding difficult oppressive taxing wearing

Opaque
(adj)

blur cloud nontranslucent obscure opacity opacous unintelligible

Optimal/Optimum
(adj)

best ideal optimum

Orthodox
(adj)

Oscillate
(v)

sway swing vibrate

Outstrip
(v)

Overshadow
(v)

cloudy darken obscure

Paradigm
(n)

example exemplar model pattern world view worldview

Paradox
(n)

contradiction enigma juxtaposition koan puzzle quandary reverse psychology riddle shocker

Pariah
(n)

Partial
(adj)

Partisan
(adj, n)

staff party-spirited tendencious tendentious

Patent
(adj, n)

apparent conspicuous document evident expanded manifest open patented public right

Pathological
(adj)

morbid morbific pathologic

Patronizing
(adj)

condescending

Paucity
(n)

dearth exiguity fewness insufficiency rarity scantiness scarcity

Peccadillo
(n)

fault

Pedestrian
(adj)

Penchant
(n)

bias desire inclination

Perfidious
(adj)

diisloyal faithless teacherous traitorous treacherous unfaithful

Peripheral
(adj)

external peripheral device peripheric circumferential encircling fringy incident incidental

Permeate
(v)

pervade penetrate perforate undefined

Pervasive
(adj)

penetrating permeating pervading

Philanthropy
(n)

aid economic aid financial aid

Phony
(adj)

bogus counterfeit fake fraudulent hypocritical insincere

Pious
(adj)

devout dutiful godly obedient religious reverent reverential righteous

Pith
(n)

cord core decerebrize essence general tenor gist heart heart and soul importance inwardness kernel marrow meat medulla nitty-gritty

Placate
(v)

appease concilate mollify pacify satisfy

Placid
(adj)

calm contented gentle peaceful pleased quiet serene tranquil undisturbed unruffied

Plastic
(adj)

Think what has been done in plastic surgery, what is being done in what I call plastic psychology!

Plausible
(n)

bland colorable colored commendable fair-seeming fair-spoken praiseworthy ready smooth specious

Plummet
(v)

Bob dive drop fall lead plumb weight

Polarized
(adj)

Ponderous
(adj)

dull forcible heavy important labored massive momentous oppressive serious wanting weighty

Posthumous
(adj)

autobiographical best-known best-selling biographical enviable especial fictional forthcoming fulsome imperishable

Potentate
(n)

ruler swayer

Pragmatic
(adj)

busy down-to-earth functional material meddlesome officious philosophical practical realistic utilitarian

Pre-empt
(v)

acquire bid bidding call get replace supercede supersede supervene upon supplant

Preamble
(n)

introduction preface

Precarious
(adj)

doubtful dubious equivocal uncertain unsettled unsteady

Precursor
(n)

forerunner harbinger messenger omen predecessor sign

Predisposed
(adj)

susceptible

Presumptive
(adj)

arrogant assumed likely presumed presumptuous probable

Presumptuous
(adj)

arrogant assured audacious conceited foolhardy forward impudent insolent overconfident presuming

Pretentious
(adj)

arrogant assuming poseur presuming

Principled
(adj)

anti-abortion assertive charismatic clear-eyed clear-headed compassionate conducive conscientious courageous equitable

Pristine
(adj)

old original primeval primitive

Probity
(n)

decency godliness goodness honesty honor integrity rectitude saintliness uprightness virtue

Prodigal
(adj)

abundant extravagant generous lavish profuse spendthrift squandering wasteful waster

Prodigious
(adj)

Ruthian amazing astonishing colossal enormous extraordinary gigantic huge immense marvelous

Profligate
(adj)

abandoned abundant beaten conquered corrupt depraved dissipated dissipater dissolute extravagant

Profound
(adj)

abstruse abyss deep dense far-reaching intense learned low lowly overmastering

Profuse
(adj)

abundant bountiful excessive extravagant exuberant generous lavish prodigal squander superabundant

Prohibitive
(adj)

prohibitory preventative preventive

Proliferate
(v)

grow manifold multiply

Prologue
(n)

epilogue preface

Pronounced
(adj)

broad decided great unequivocal

Propriety
(n)

accuracy appropriateness becomingness bienseance biensèance chasteness correctness decency decorousness decorum

Prosaic
(adj)

boring commonplace dull prosy unimaginative uninteresting unpoetical

Proscribe
(v)

exile forbid interdict outlaw prohibit

Prospective
(adj)

future perspective prospect view

Prudent
(adj)

careful cautious chary circumspect considerate discreet economical frugal judicious provident

Pugnacious
(adj)

bellicose combative contentious fighting militant quarrelsome

Qualified
(adj)

able adapted competent eligible fit limited modified

Quandary
(n)

doubt perplexity predicament uncertainty

Quibble
(v)

cavil dispute equivocate evasion prevaricate prevarication pun shuffle squabble trifle

Quotidian
(adj)

daily trivial

Ranks
(n)

Reap
(v)

cut gain gather harvest obtain shave

Recluse
(n)

hermit reclusive seclude solitary

Refute
(v)

confute deny disprove gainsay reject repudiate

Relegate
(v)

assign attribute delegate depute designate expel kick out subject submit throw out

Remedial
(adj)

curative reparative

Render
(v)

contribute deliver furnish interpret pass payment render off requite restore return

Replete
(adj)

abounding abundant charged full plentiful stuffed

Reproach
(n, v)

abuse blame censure chide condemn contempt contumely discredit disgrace dishonor disrepute ignominy infamy insolence insult

Repudiate
(v)

disavow disclaim divorce reject renounce

Requite
(v)

compensate pay punish recompense remunerate repay retaliate return revenge reward

Rescind
(v)

Resolution
(n)

Resolve
(v, n)

Respectively
(adv)

Restive
(adj)