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(v.) to run off and hide
Synonyms: bolt, make off, skip town |
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(n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase (v.) to get at, obtain
Synonyms: entry, admittance, entree
Antonym: total exclusion |
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(n.) a lack of government and law; confusion
Synonyms: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium
Antonyms: law and order, peace and quiet |
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(adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort
Synonyms: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing
Antonyms: easy, simple, effortless |
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(adj.) favorable; fortunate
Synonyms: promising, encouraging, propitious
Antonyms: ill-omened, ominous, sinister |
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(adj.) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
Synonyms: unfair, partial, bigoted
Antonyms: fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just |
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(v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
Synonyms: dismay, cow
Antonyms: encourage, embolden, reassure |
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(v.)to free from tangles or complications
Synonyms: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl
Antonyms: tangle up, ensnarl, snag |
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(adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune
Synonyms: destined, preordained, doomed
Antonyms: accidental, fortuitous, chance, random |
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(v.) to mislead by a trick, decieve
Synonyms: dupe, put one over on
Antonyms: undeceive, diabuse, clue in |
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(adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit
Synonyms: lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless
Antonyms: living, alive, energetic, lively, sprightly |
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(v.) to burn to ashes
Synonyms: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
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(adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable
Synonyms: valiant, courageous, audacious, daring
Antonyms: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
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(n.) theft
Synonyms: stealing, robbery, burglary |
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(adj.) bending readily; easily influenced
Synonyms: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic
Antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone |
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(adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
Synonyms: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic
Antonyms: unpretentious, unaffected, plain |
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(n.) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
Synonyms: cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge
Antonyms: abyss, chasm, gorge |
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(v.) to make right, correct
Synonyms: remedy, set right
Antonyms: mess up, botch, bungie |
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(n.) a temporary relief or delay (v.) to grant a postponement
Synonyms: stay, respite (v.) postpone, delay
Antonyms: proceed |
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(v.) to attack with words, call bad names
Synonyms: inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce
Antonyms: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize |
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