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July 06, 2010

Synonyms

  1. Gauche
    a. Clumsy
    b. Gigantic
    c. Active
    d. Cloudy

  2. Zephyr
    a. Stench
    b. Precious stone
    c. Wind
    d. Greek God

  3. Adumbrate
    a. Lineate
    b. Forecast
    c. Rustle
    d. Haste

  4. Succubus
    a. Cactus
    b. Legendary animal
    c. Demon
    d. Silly person

  5. Sepulcher
    a. Religious building
    b. A gathering
    c. A preacher
    d. Place of burial

Antonyms

  1. Defalcate
    a. Irritate
    b. Negotiate
    c. Compensate
    d. Peculate

  2. Venerate
    a. Worship
    b. Despise
    c. Incite
    d. Hapless

  3. Gourmand
    a. Vibrant
    b. Tribal dance
    c. Lotus eater
    d. Ascetic

  4. Vivify
    a. Discourage
    b. Emblaze
    c. Revitalise
    d. Freshen up

  5. Insidious
    a. Hideous
    b. Corrupt
    c. Harmless
    d. Pious

Answers

Synonyms

    1. a Clumsy
    2. c Wind
    3. b Forecast
    4. c Demon
    5. d Place of burial

Antonyms

  1. c Compensate
  2. b Despise
  3. d Ascetic
  4. a Discourage
  5. c Harmless

May 24, 2009

Synonyms

  1. Prognosis
    1. Insect Tongue
    1. Medication
    2. Legal Report
    3. Disease
  1. Nebulous
    1. Colourful
    2. Indefinite
    3. Mighty
    4. Precise
  1. Propitiate
    1. Adopt
    2. Regain Favour
    3. Attain Cash
    4. Spread Humour
  1. Solenoid
    1. Electromagnet
    2. Organism
    3. Nutrient
    4. Lubricant
  1. Anachronism
    1. Unavailability
    2. Historically Incorrect
    3. Severe Dislike
    4. Disorder

 

Antonyms

  1. Malarkey
    1. Infectious Disease
    1. Loud Cough
    2. Sensible
    3. Insecticide
  1. Endemic
    1. Rapid
    2. Swollen
    3. Foreign
    4. Characteristic
  1. Impregnable
    1. Barren
    2. Easily persuaded
    3. Skeptical
    4. Penetrable
  1. Patsy
    1. Conquerable
    2. Non Manipulative
    3. Courteous
    4. Garment
  1. Audacity
    1. Premonition
    2. Shyness
    3. Despair
    4. Creation

 

Answers

Synonyms

    1. Disease
    2. Indefinite
    3. Regain Favour
    4. Electromagnet
    5. Historically Incorrect

Antonyms

  1. Sensible
  2. Foreign
  3. Penetrable
  4. Non Manipulative
  5. Shyness

April 09, 2009

Synonyms

1. Abeyant
a. Condone
b. Quiescent
c. Delusion
d. Loathe

2. Beadledom
a. Authority
b. Beanpole
c. Glorification
d. Cessation

3. Cenobite
a. Observance
b. Demography
c. Ascetic
d. Gorgeous

4. Debonair
a. Progress
b. Enfeeble
c. Ravisher
d. Suave

5. Effluvium
a. Assurance
b. Influential
c. Exhalation
d. Corruption

Antonyms

1. Faineance
a. Indispensable
b. Diligence
c. Confidence
d. Improbable

2. Gordian
a. Dispatcher
b. Impale
c. Truism
d. Evident

3. Halcyon
a. Critical
b. Tardy
c. Unfortunate
d. Emaciated

4. Imbecility
a. Strength
b. Expository
c. Withdrawal
d. Creation

5. Jocose
a. Hasten
b. Throb
c. Formal
d. Exploit

Answers

Synonyms

  1. b. Quiescent
  2. a. Authority
  3. c. Ascetic
  4. d. Suave
  5. c. Exhalation

Antonyms

  1. b. Diligence
  2. d. Evident
  3. c. Unfortunate
  4. a. Strength
  5. c. Formal

December 18, 2009

Synonyms

  1. Chipper
    a. Fiddler
    b. Pert
    c. Maniac
    d. Sulky

  2. Cinder
    a. Slag
    b. Hamper
    c. Draft
    d. Drive

  3. Pelt
    a. Drive
    b. Hinder
    c. Fleece
    d. Torpid

  4. Zion
    a. Utopia
    b. Zeal
    c. Zest
    d. Ultimate

  5. Abut
    a. Withdraw
    b. Flee
    c. Stick
    d. Touch

Antonyms

  1. Predilection
    a. Demeanour
    b. Ghost
    c. Aversion
    d. Liking

  2. Stodgy
    1. Tedious
    2. Starchy
    3. Heavy
    4. Exciting

  3. Rescind
    1. Revoke
    2. Uphold
    3. Discard
    4. Rewind

  4. Inimical
    1. Congenial
    2. Harmful
    3. Disdainful
    4. Reorganise

  5. Meretricious
    a. Spurious
    b. Enthrall
    c. Genuine
    d. Fairish

Answers

Synonyms

  1. b. Pert
  2. a. Slag
  3. c. Fleece
  4. a. Utopia
  5. d. Touch

Antonyms

  1. c. Aversion
  2. d. Exciting
  3. b. Uphold
  4. a. Congenial
  5. c. Genuine

December 04, 2009

Synonyms

  1. Ukase
    1. Trifle
    2. Typical
    3. Mandate
    4. Irritant
  1. Pulchritude
    1. Comeliness
    2. Disposal
    3. Ethos
    4. Melancholy
  1. Twang
    1. Varied
    2. Reverberation
    3. Motley
    4. Maximum
  1. Rile
    1. Reason
    2. Pester
    3. Penance
    4. Irritate
  1. Cortege
    1. Parade
    2. Emulate
    3. Unfashionable
    4. Coterie

Antonyms

  1. Fallow
    1. Selfish
    2. Fecund
    3. Merciless
    4. Confidential
  1. Hirsute
    1. Bald
    2. Theatrical
    3. Clever
    4. Share
  1. Secede
    1. Succeed
    2. Intrude
    3. Join
    4. Mitigate
  1. Unflagging
    1. Unfit
    2. Unscathed
    3. Daunting
    4. Irresolute
  1. Scurvy
    1. Notorious
    2. Noble
    3. Ignoramus
    4. Lengthy

Answers

Synonyms

  1. c. Mandate
  2. a. Comeliness
  3. b. Reverberation
  4. d. Irritate
  5. a. Parade

Antonyms

    1. b. Fecund
    2. a. Bald
    3. c. Join
    4. d. Irresolute
    5. b. Noble

November 27, 2009

Synonyms

  1. Dregs
    1. Sediment
    2. Irritable
    3. Harness
    4. Brandishing
  1. Coalesce
    1. Hindrance
    2. Attitude
    3. Unite
    4. Divide
  1. Belabor
    1. Screech
    2. Recapitulate
    3. Misuse
    4. Disguise
  1. Seamy
    1. Unpleasant
    2. Unknown
    3. Obvious
    4. Misdeed
  1. Iconoclast
    1. Socialist
    2. Secretive
    3. Hideous
    4. Radical

Antonyms

  1. Profundity
    1. Wisdom
    2. Erudition
    3. Shallowness
    4. Generous
  1. Musty
    1. Novel
    2. Damp
    3. Dusky
    4. Dusty
  1. Wring
    1. Particle
    2. Dash
    3. Stain
    4. Coax
  1. Chintzy
    1. Shabby
    2. Stylish
    3. Untidy
    4. Idiot
  1. Wayward
    1. Obedient
    2. Rash
    3. Rusty
    4. Nagger

Answers

Synonyms

  1. a. Sediment
  2. c. Unite
  3. b. Recapitulate
  4. a. Unpleasant
  5. d. Radical

Antonyms

    1. c. Shallowness
    2. a. Novel
    3. d. Coax
    4. b. Stylish
    5. a. Obedient

November 20, 2009

Synonyms

  1. Bursar
    1. Cashkeeper
    2. Watchman
    3. Bodyguard
    4. Peon
  1. Flout
    1. Eat
    2. Irritate
    3. Scorn
    4. Flaunt
  1. Curmudgeon
    1. Anxious
    2. Grouch
    3. Hesitant
    4. Harass
  1. Pucker
    1. Tally
    2. Bugger
    3. Irritant
    4. Compress
  1. Mope
    1. Clean
    2. Brood
    3. Sulk
    4. Gather

Antonyms

  1. Impetuous
    1. Brash
    2. Cautious
    3. Radical
    4. Typical
  1. Sybaritic
    1. Amicable
    2. Hedonistic
    3. Immature
    4. Dumb
  1. Tommyrot
    1. Nonsense
    2. Sensible
    3. Frilly
    4. Killer
  1. Thwack
    1. Real
    2. Jump
    3. Slam
    4. Motivate
  1. Hew
    1. Dark
    2. Dim
    3. Bright
    4. Hack

Answers

Synonyms

  1. a. Cashkeeper
  2. c. Scorn
  3. b. Grouch
  4. d. Compress
  5. c. Sulk

Antonyms

    1. b. Cautious
    2. b. Hedonistic
    3. a. Nonsense
    4. c. Slam
    5. d. Hack

November 13, 2009

Synonyms

  1. Trenchant
    1. Vague
    2. Rambling
    3. Flamboyant
    4. Penetrating
  1. Mollycoddle
    1. Crybaby
    2. Minute
    3. Crush
    4. Regulate
  1. Gauche
    1. Snooty
    2. Lame
    3. Lazy
    4. Unpolished
  1. Effete
    1. Humility
    2. Alter
    3. Exhausted
    4. Unassuming
  1. Unsavory
    1. Appetising
    2. Insipid
    3. Impractical
    4. Stubborn

Antonyms

  1. Chichi
    1. Showy
    2. Vulgar
    3. Plain
    4. Silly
  1. Bluster
    1. Shyness
    2. Gloating
    3. Crowing
    4. Bully
  1. Allay
    1. Slake
    2. Arouse
    3. Mollify
    4. Retract
  1. Volition
    1. Option
    2. Ravenous
    3. Coercion
    4. Determination
  1. Zephyr
    1. Gust
    2. Puff of air
    3. Speed
    4. Howl

Answers

Synonyms

  1. d. Penetrating
  2. a. Crybaby
  3. d. Unpolished
  4. c. Exhausted
  5. b. Insipid

Antonyms

    1. c. Plain
    2. a. Shyness
    3. b. Arouse
    4. c. Coercion
    5. a. Gust

November 06, 2009

Synonyms

  1. Indoctrinate
    1. Minimum
    2. Inculcate
    3. Change
    4. Renovate
  1. Sibyl
    1. Athlete
    2. Sign
    3. Teacher
    4. Seer
  1. Filch
    1. Steal
    2. Harass
    3. Disguise
    4. Train
  1. Entente
    1. Minimum
    2. Rabble
    3. Unanimity
    4. Intermixture
  1. Callow
    1. Immature
    2. Revisionary
    3. Regressive
    4. Rightist

Antonyms

  1. Checkered
    1. Pied
    2. Motley
    3. Solid
    4. Fluctuating
  1. Blandishment
    1. Coaxing
    2. Irritation
    3. Hollowness
    4. Intimidation
  1. Mongrel
    1. Thoroughbred
    2. Enormous
    3. Monolithic
    4. Financial
  1. Deleterious
    1. Harmful
    2. Beneficial
    3. Dangerous
    4. Contemporary
  1. Yen
    1. Yearning
    2. Long
    3. Hatred
    4. Wish

Answers

Synonyms

  1. b. Inculcate
  2. d. Seer
  3. a. Steal
  4. c. Unanimity
  5. a. Immature

Antonyms

    1. c. Solid
    2. d. Intimidation
    3. a. Thoroughbred
    4. b. Beneficial
    5. c. Hatred

October 30, 2009

Synonyms

  1. Otiose
    1. Effective
    2. Patient
    3. Active
    4. Lazy
  1. Secede
    1. Withdraw
    2. Join
    3. Drag
    4. Draw
  1. Ornery
    1. Good-humored
    2. Ostentatious
    3. Unadorned
    4. Simple
  1. Dilettante
    1. Expert
    2. Dexterous
    3. Delirious
    4. Experimenter
  1. Indemnify
    1. Mitigate
    2. Relax
    3. Reimburse
    4. Elevate

Antonyms

  1. Incorporeal
    1. Bodiless
    2. Unearthly
    3. Tangible
    4. Ghostly
  1. Recumbent
    1. Flat
    2. Vertical
    3. Leaning
    4. Incumbent
  1. Rile
    1. Irritate
    2. Agitate
    3. Circle
    4. Soothe
  1. Amuck
    1. Sanely
    2. Wildly
    3. Uncontrollable
    4. Bonkers
  1. Cad
    1. Dishonorable ma
    2. Villain
    3. Gentleman
    4. Rogue

Answers

Synonyms

  1. d. Lazy
  2. a. Withdraw
  3. b. Ostentatious
  4. d. Experimenter
  5. c. Reimburse

Antonyms

  1. c. Tangible
  2. b. Vertical
  3. d. Soothe
  4. a. Sanely
  5. c. Gentleman

October 16, 2009

Synonyms

  1. Arraign
    a. Exculpate
    b. Reign
    c. Accuse
    d. Free
  1. Propitiate
    a. Appease
    b. Hassle
    c. Aggravate  
    d. Annoy
  1. Obloquy
    a. Credit
    b. Blame
    c. Castigate
    d. Respect
  1. Puerile
    a. Mature
    b. Adult
    c. Responsible
    d. Childish
  1. Bauble
    a. Trinket
    b. Precious
    c. Vivacious  
    d. Resplendent

Antonyms

  1. Cipher
    a. Naught                
    b. Obscurity
    c. Code             
    d. Infinity

  2. Pertinacity
    a. Compliance         
    b. Obstinacy
    c. Demure               
    d. Flippant

  3. Unctuous
    a. Perceptive      
    b. Obsequious
    c. Brusque              
    d. Servile

  4. Foible
    a. Quirk              
    b. Forte
    c. Fault               
    d. Frailty

  5. Peremptory
    a. Decisive      
    b. Precise
    c. Docile            
    d. Precise

Answers

Synonyms

  1. c. Accuse
  2. a. Appease
  3. b. Blame
  4. d. Childish
  5. a. Trinket

Antonyms

  1. d. Infinity
  2. a. Compliance
  3. c. Brusque     
  4. b. Forte
  5. c. Docile

October 09, 2009

Synonyms

  1. Munificent
    a. Penurious                                
    b. Parsimonious
    c. Magnanimous             
    d. Niggardly
  1. Succinct
    a. Epigrammatic            
    b. Discursive
    c. Maundering                            
    d. Prolix
  1. Traduce
    a. Extol                        
    b. Defense
    c. Honor                         
    d. Calumniate
  1. Chagrin
    a. Exultation                               
    b. Distress
    c. Ridicule                                   
    d. Rankle
  1. Facetious
    a. Adroit                         
    b. Solemn
    c. Lugubrious                              
    d. Jocose

Antonyms

  1. Immanent
    a. Inherent              
    b. Indigenous
    c. Extraneous          
    d. Unsullied

  2. Laic
    a. Pastoral                
    b. Secular
    c. Profane               
    d. Civil

  3. Recalcitrant
    a. Refractory      
    b. Intractable
    c. Ungovernable         
    d. Malleable

  4. Obstreperous
    a. Refractory      
    b. Clamorous
    c. Restrained      
    d. Mulish

  5. Perspicacious
    a. Vacuous              
    b. Discerning
    c. Sagacious      
    d. Acute

Answers

Synonyms

  1. c. Magnanimous
  2. a. Epigrammatic
  3. d. Calumniate
  4. b. Distress
  5. d. Jocose

Antonyms

    1. c. Extraneous
    2. a. Pastoral     
    3. d. Malleable
    4. c. Restrained
    5. a. Vacuous 

October 02, 2009

Synonyms

  1. Cogent
    a. Dubious                                 
    b. Ponder
    c. Kindred                                 
    d. Valid
  1. Querulous
    a. Allay                        
    b. Irascible
    c. Genial                          
    d. Equable
  1. Denouement
    a. Extol                        
    b. Defense
    c. Vindicate                                
    d. Finale
  1. Neophyte
    a. Despot                        
    b. Veteran
    c. Rookie                        
    d. Persecutor
  1. Apocryphal
    a. Trenchant                               
    b. Dubious
    c. Rambling                             
    d. Disorganised

Antonyms

  1. Effete
    a. Decadent       
    b. Vital
    c. Sterile             
    d. Sedate

  2. Lackadaisical
    a. Mindless          
    b. Languid
    c. Apathetic      
    d. Animated

  3. Perfunctory
    a. Effusive                 
    b. Pernicious
    c. Cursory               
    d. Votary

  4. Recumbent
    a. Couchant       
    b. Relapse
    c. Upright            
    c. Supine

  5. Belligerent
    a. Bellicose         
    b. Neutral
    c. Truculent                 
    d. Inimical

Answers

Synonyms

  1. d. Valid
  2. b. Irascible
  3. d. Finale
  4. c. Rookie
  5. b. Dubious

Antonyms

  1. b. Vital
  2. d. Animated
  3. a. Effusive
  4. c. Upright
  5. b. Neutral

 

September 25, 2009

Synonyms

  1. Empirical
    a. Disinterested 
    b. Objective
    c. Aspiration
    c. Real

  2. Tenacious
    a. Unattached
    b. Strong
    c. Unyielding
    c. Sticky

  3. Cadence
    a. Rhythm
    b. Flutter
    c. Upgrade
    d. Slump

  4. Ostentatious
    a. Inflated
    b. Majestic
    c. Ornate
    d. Grandiose

  5. Torpid
    a. Listless
    b. Lively
    c. Sensitive
    d. Slow

 

Antonyms

  1. Obstreperous
    a. Vociferous
    b. Compliant
    c. Boisterous
    c. Obdurate

  2. Vituperate
    a. Ebullient
    b. Calumniate
    c. Denigrate                    
    d. Commend

  3. Facetious
    a. Flippant             
    b. Impudent
    c. Solemn              
    d. Whimsical

  4. Ingenuous
    a. Contrived
    b. Adroit
    c. Naïve
    c. Astute

  5. Tacit
    a. Implied
    b. Reticent
    c. Assumed
    d. Explicit

Answers

Synonyms

  1. b. Objective
  2. c. Unyielding
  3. a. Rhythm
  4. d. Grandiose
  5. a. Listless

Antonyms

  1. b. Compliant
  2. d. Commend
  3. c. Solemn
  4. a. Contrived
  5. d. Explicit

 
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