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| auxillary | (adj) giving assistance or support; (n) a helper, aid (syn) (adj) additional, back-up; (n) reserve, accessory (ant) (adj) main, primary, principal |
| candid | (adj) frank, sincere, impartial; unposed (syn) forthright, plainspoken, unbiased (ant) insincere, evasive, misleading, artful |
| cubicle | (n) a small room or compartment (syn) enclosure, hole-in-the -wall (ant) vast hall, auditorium |
| drudgery | (n) work that is hard and tiresome (syn) toil, labor, grind (ant) play, frolic, amusement, recreation, fun |
| envoy | (n) a representative or messenger (as of a government) (syn) agent, ambassador, emissary, minister |
| escalate | (v) to elevate; to increase in intensity (syn) climb, raise, ascend, mount (ant) decrease, lessen, descend, defuse |
| expedient | (n) a means to an end, (adj) advantageous, useful (syn) (n) contrivance, device; (adj) serviceable (ant) (adj) inconvenient, untimely, disadvantageous |
| feign | (v) to pretend (syn) fake, sham, affect, simulate |
| flair | (n) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style (syn) aptitude, bent, knack, gift, style, panache (ant) inability, incapacity |
| grievous | (adj) causing sorrow or pain; serious (syn) painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant (ant) joyful, uplifting, cheery, upbeat, comforting |
| heterogeneous | (adj) composed of different kinds, diverse (syn) miscellaneous, mixed, variegated (ant) uniform, homogeneous, of a piece |
| horde | (n) a vast number (as of people); a throng (syn) crowd, mass, multitude, host, swarm (ant) few, handful |
| impel | (v) to force, drive forward (syn) urge, push, spur, propel, incite (ant) disocurage, check, restrain, curb |
| incredulous | (adj) disbelieving, skeptical (syn) dubious, mistrustful, doubting (ant) believing, trustful, gullible |
| inscribe | (v) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list (syn) imprint, enroll, enlist (ant) erase, rub out, delete, efface, obliterate |
| monologue | (n) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person (syn) soliloquy, recitation (ant) dialogue, conversation, colloquy |
| prognosis | (n) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation (syn) prediction, projection |
| rasping | (adj) with a harsh, grating sound; (n) a harsh sound (syn)(adj) scratchy, scraping, abrasive, gravelly (ant) (adj) sonorous, smooth, satiny, silky, mellow |
| repugnant | (adj) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful (syn) hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive (ant) pleasing, attractive, tempting, wholesome |
| scuttle | (v) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; (n) a pail (syn) (v) abandon, discard, scrap, ditch, dump (ant) (v) keep afloat, salvage, rescue, preserve |
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