Synonyms
Antonyms
True or False
In the News...
100
lackadaisical, dispassionate, detached
What is nonchalant
100
courteous, reverent
What is flippant
100
I am quite a reticent , one who is at home in the village, and even now, lonely in the crowd of the city.
What is false
100
Police in China left the dead body of a boy racer lying in the street after a horror crash as a/an ________________ to others who illegally speed and race on this same highway.
What is deterrent
200
adament, inflexible
What is intransigent
200
to persist, to remain
What is vacillate
200
The theater opened in 1927, an ornate and barren space with few artifacts and an understated look.
What is false
200
This is the jarring, mysterious and ultimately ________________ world of 49-year-old German painter Monika Baer, one that has long intrigued curator Lisa Dorin and led to her organizing the artist’s first solo American museum exhibition in the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago
What is elusive
300
to substantiate, to validate
What is corroborate
300
forgiving, merciful
What is vindictive
300
People jailed for child rape or some terror offences will no longer be automatically released from jail halfway through their sentences, under government plans for England and Wales. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling says he also wants to curtail the early release of prisoners serving extended sentences for the most serious crimes.
What is true
300
Inspired by the 1985 classic platform video game from Nintendo, this pumpkin pays homage to the main character Mario, who is a plumber with a/an ___________________ for mushrooms and a brother named Luigi.
What is penchant
400
treacherous, depraved
What is nefarious
400
to ignore, to neglect
What is heed
400
Ortiz is known for his polished structure and minimal silhouette balanced with fastidious details in embellishment, beadwork, reembroidery and finishing.
What is true
400
What Einstein would be like interpreted by other hands is as puzzling as the most abstract and ______________ interludes in the work itself.
What is abstruse
500
to incite, to provoke
What is engender
500
to confuse, to distort
What is delineate
500
The upshot of the dreadful and absurd situation in the United States is that it will simply add fuel to a major shift in global trade already under way where a new international currency - maybe even the Chinese renminbi (RMB) - is poised, (over time) to act as a supplant against the US dollar as the world's sole reserve currency.
What is false
500
What makes grade inflation particularly _______________ is that it tends to rob students of motivation. When assured of getting an A, many become lax in their preparation for classes.
What is pernicious