Synonyms and Antonyms
Connotations
Vocab in Context
BASIQUES
100

This word is a synonym of outlier, albeit with a more negative value.

ad hoc
advocate
nuance
pariah


What is pariah?

100

This word describes a fashion model in the most flattering way.

bony
emaciated
skinny
svelte

What is svelte?

100

National Geographic editor Susan Goldberg wrote a  feature about Detroit. The __________ is that Detroit is a complex place.

advocate
efface
entity
gist

What is gist?

100

This is the main point or essence of a message:

Charisma
Nuance
Gist
Entity

What is the gist?

200

This word means the opposite of meticulous:


careful
diligent
haphazard
idyllic

What is haphazard?

200

Meticulous has this connotation here.

Perfectly organized cabinets, a meticulously labeled pantry, toys in sorted bins. Home organization is the stuff of dreams...

Positive
Neutral
Negative 

What is positive?

200

Gorillas, pandas, and tigers, animals that attract the most interest and empathy from the public, are generally considered by the conservation community to have lots of this:

charisma
entity
nuance
outlier

What is charisma?

200

The Latin phrase 'ad hoc" means this.

a) A happy place
b) Composed on the spur of the moment
c) An outcast
d) Lack of order or planning

What is d) a lack of order or planning?

300

This word, similar in meaning to idyllic, means full of happiness.

ad hoc
blissful
haphazard
meticulous

What is blissful?

300

This is a negative way of saying meticulous:

careful
diligent
nitpicking
scrupulous

What is nitpicking?

300

The Biden administration on Wednesday re-designated the Houthis as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) _________ amid continued attacks by the Yemen-based militia.

advocate
entity
nuance
outlier 

What is entity?

300

This word means to hypnotize:

advocate
charisma
mesmerize
nuance

What is mesmerize?

400

Extemporaneous is a synonym for this word.

ad hoc
advocate
entity
gist


What is ad hoc?

400

Children were particularly enchanted by this endlessly entertaining mini-universe, which looked like a huge pile of enormous toy blocks dumped into a haphazard pile.


The connotation of haphazard here is:

positive
neutral
negative

What is positive?

400

Malala Yousafzai, a/n _____________ for human rights, became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner.

advocate
entity
nuance
pariah

What is an advocate?

400

This word means to obliterate or wipe off the face of the earth:

advocate
efface
empower
mesmerize

What is efface?

500

Nuances aside, this word means the same thing as willlowy.

ad hoc
efface
meticulous
svelte

What is svelte?

500

Blissful means full of bliss.

Bliss and levity both describe positive states of being, however this word has a more positive connotation.

Bliss
Levity

What is bliss?

500

There’s just no _______ here. Good is good. Evil is evil. Hollywood plays with our emotions very well…almost too well. "Dumb Money" is a masterclass in audience emotional manipulation.

charisma
efface
gist
nuance
 

What is nuance?

500

This is an idea or feeling that a word carries or inspires in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

connotation
entity
gist
synonym

What is a connotation?

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