to mock, treat with contempt

Syn. sneer at

Ant. to obey, revere

a warning to prevent misunderstanding

Syn. caution

To display; to adorn

Syn. broadcast, embellish

Ant. hide, conceal

To steal

Syn. pilfer, surloin

tending to be troublesome

Syn. unruly, recalcitrant, peevish

Ant. docile, tractable

fair and just

Syn. reasonable

Ant. unjust, disproportionate

self-government

Syn. home rule

Ant. dependence

addition or supplement designed to increase correctness

Syn. appendix

a general pardon for an offense

Syn. act of forgiveness

self-evident

Ant. questionable, dubious

to free from entanglements or difficulties

Syn. disentangle, extract

Ant. enmesh, entangle

tending to cause; something that induces sleep

Syn. narcotic

Ant. stimulant

bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm

Syn. searing, harsh

Ant. bland, mild

not easily handled due to size or complexity

Syn. cumbersome, impractical

Ant. manageable

dull, uninteresting

Syn. insipid, dull

to predict

Syn. foretell, forecast

pertaining to tomb; extremely gloomy

Syn. doleful, lugubrious; mortuary

beneficial, helpful; healthy

Syn. salubrious, beneficial

Ant. detrimental, pernicious

extremely strict; prudish

Syn. highly conventional, stuffy

Ant. lax, loose, permissive

whip, punish severely; a cause of suffering

Syn. flog; plague, pestilence

Ant. godsend, boon, blessing

rule of conduct or action

Syn. principle; maxim

lasting only a short time; one who stays only a short time

Syn. impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent

Ant. permanent, immortal

abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

Syn. curt, tactless

Ant. gracious, diplomatic

leader who lies for power

Syn. rabble-rouser, firebrand

to coax, persaude through flattery; deceive with soothing thoughts

Syn. wheedle, inveigle, sweet-talk

Ant. coerce, force

weariness from lack of interest, boredom

Syn. languor, world-weariness

Ant. enthusiasm, liveliness

abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual

Syn. exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant

to plan with ingenuity, invent; bring about as the result of a scheme

Syn. concoct, fabricate

Ant.

free from error

Syn. undeceive, enlighten

Ant. deceive, delude, pull wool over one's eyes

one having power to decide a matter at issue; a judge

Syn. referee, arbitrator, mediator; authority

extremely strange, unusual, atypical

Syn. grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

to punish severely; criticize severely

Syn.chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid

damaging or derogatory statement; slandering or defaming

Syn. innuendo, salnder, calumny, denigration

Ant. endorsement, testimonial; praise

to give or furnish condescendingly; to grant

Syn. to concede, deign, bestow, confer; permit

delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc.

Syn. delusions of grandeur

Ant. humility, modesty, self-abasement

stealthy, secret; made by fraud

Syn. furtive, calndestine, covert, concealed

Ant. frank, aboveboard, overt

to change from one nautre to another; transform

Syn. convert, translate, emtamorphose

Ant. preserve

not subject to change, constant

Syn. unchangeable, invariable

Ant. inconstant; fickle

to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law

Syn. to overstep, trespass; err

Ant. to obey, toe the line

very wicked, offensive, hateful

Syn. evil, odious

one who rebels; rising in revolt

Syn. rebellious, mutinous

Ant. loyal, faithful

chain or shackle; anything that confines or restrains; to chain

Syn. bond, restraint; bind, hamper

Ant. free, liberate, emancipate

a position requiring little or no work; an easy job

Syn. a "no show" job, cushy job, "plum"

Ant. high-pressure job, challenge

suffered or experienced by one person in place of another

Syn. surrogate, substitute; imagined

Ant. real, actual, firsthand