| A | B |
|---|
| apt | suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn |
| apt | syn: appropriate, fit, proper, liable |
| apt | ant: inappropriate, unlikely, slow |
| awry | in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right hoped-for course |
| awry | syn: crooked, askew, amiss |
| awry | ant: straight, symmetrical |
| bludgeon | a short club used as a weapon; to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point |
| bludgeon | syn: cudgel, clobber, clout |
| capitulate | to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel |
| capitulate | ant: hold out, persist |
| chafe | to warm by rubbing, to wear sore by rubbing, to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, a sore or injury caused by rubbing |
| chafe | syn: irritate, scrape, abrade |
| chafe | ant: soothe, mollify, please, elate |
| defile | to make unclean or dirty, to destroy the purity of |
| defile | syn: contaminate, pollute, desecrate |
| defile | ant: cleanse, purify |
| dire | dreadful, causing fear or suffering: warning of trouble to come, demanding immediate action do avoid disaster |
| dire | syn:disasterous, ominous, sinister, urgent |
| dire | ant: favorable, auspicios, beneficial |
| disarming | chraming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion |
| disarming | syn:endearing, winning |
| disarming | ant: alarming, troubling, desquieting |
| disgruntled | in bad humor, discontented, annoyed |
| disgruntled | syn: displeased, grumpy, surly |
| disgruntled | ant: pleased, satisfied, content |
| encroach | to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass |
| encroach | syn: intrude, infringe |
| endow | to furnish, equip, provide with funds of some other desirable thing or quality |
| endow | syn: grant, bestow, present, bequeath |
| endow | ant: take away |
| fend | to ward off, resist; to get along |
| fend | syn: stave off, cope |
| impunity | freedom from punishment |
| impunity | syn: exemption from penatly, immunity |
| mien | air, manner; appearance; expression |
| mien | syn: look, bearing, demeanor |
| penal | having to do with punishment |
| penal | syn: correctional |
| pertinent | related to the matter at hand, to the point |
| pertinent | syn: relevant, germane, apropos |
| pertinent | ant: unrelated, irrelevant |
| predominant | the greatest in strength or power |
| predominant | syn: chief, major, prevalent |
| predominant | ant: secondary, minor |
| prodigy | something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; a young person with extraordinary ability |
| prodigy | syn; marvel, wonder, freak |
| prodigy | ant: dumbell, dunce |
| recluse | a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world |
| recluse | syn: loner, hermit |
| renown | fame, glory |
| renown | syn: reputation, celebrity, prestige |
| renown | ant: obscurity, infamity |
