Synonyms
Antonyms
Definition
Context Clues
Syn. Ant. or Neither
100
nit-picking, caviling
What is carping?
100
fresh, original, new
What is banal?
100
to work on excessively
What is belabor?
100
Bringing up examples from the past is not ____ to the present.
What is germane?
100
Coherent and Consistent
What is a synonym?
200
connected, unified,consistent, cohesive
What is coherent?
200
indefensible, unjustifiable
What is tenable?
200
to avoid, shun, keep away from
What is eschew?
200
Most beginning writers try to ____ a great writer and later develop their own individual styles.
What is emulate?
200
uncommunicative and taciturn
What is a synonym?
300
tight-lipped, laconic
What is taciturn?
300
disprove, invalidate
What is substantiate?
300
offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
What is invidious?
300
The field officer required a thorough _________ before ordering any troop movements.
What is reconnaissance?
300
encomium and criticism
What is an antonym?
400
unyielding, obdurate
What is intransigent?
400
relinquish, renounce, abdicate
What is arrogate?
400
thicken
What is congeal?
400
In any crisis, the longer a person ______, the greater the danger is likely to become.
What is temporize?
400
tenable and conditional
What is neither?
500
liberality, munificence
What is largesse?
500
altruistic
What is acquisitive?
500
a lavish tribute
What is encomium?
500
I would rather work at the most menial, ill-paying job than be the recipient of the government's ____.
What is largesse?
500
taciturn and prolix
What is an antonym?
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