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Def: Someone with informed and discriminating judgment, especially in matters of art, literture, or taste Syn: specialist, devotee Ant:novice, neophyte |
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Def: Collective uniformity of opinions; general agreement in feeling or belief Syn concord, concurrence Ant: discent, dissidence |
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Def: To anaylze, explain, interpret, or understand Syn: deduce, infer Ant: misinterpret, misunderstand Forms: (verb) miscontrue; (adjective) construable; (noun) construction, misconstruction |
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Def: a. (adj) complete or perfect in the highest degree b. (verb) to bring to copletion or perfection Syn: superlative, masterful Ant: mediocre, inept Forms: (Noun) consummation; (adverb) consummately |
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Def: large in number or quantity; full Syn: abundant, profuse Ant: scanty, scarce Forms: (nouns) copiousness, copiosity; (adverb) copiously |
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Def: Fat and bulky Syn: stout, obese Ant: lean, lanky Forms: (nouns) corpulence, corpulency |
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Def: to confirm the truth or accuracy of Syn: verify, substantiate Ant: contradict, refute Forms: corroboration, corroborator; (adjectives) corroborative, corroboratory |
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Def: a. (noun) advice secured through consultation b. (noun) an adviser, especially a legal adviser c. (verb) to advise or recommend as a course of action. Syn: guidance, recommendation Forms: (noun) counselor |
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Def: the ability to inspire belief or trust Syn: believability and plausibility Ant: unreliability, undependability Forms: (noun) credibleness; (adjective) credible, (adverb) credibly |
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Def. a standard or principal on which to base a judgement or decision Syn: touchstone or guidline |
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Def: at a point that will determine the final outcome; of supreme importance Syn: decisive, vital Ant:insignificant, inconsequential Forms: (adverb) crucially |
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Def: at fault; blameworthy Syn: guilty, censurable Ant: innocent, laudable Forms: (nouns) culpability, culpableness cuprit |
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Def.: Hasty and superficial Syn: hurried, prefunctory, slapdash Ant: comprehensive, thorough Forms(noun) cursoriness (adverb) cursorily |
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Def.: to shorten or reduce Syn.:abbreviate, truncate Ant.: enlarge, augment Forms: curtailment
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Def.: inclined to doubt or deny the virtuousness or honesty of human motives ; sneeringly bitter or negative Syn.: skeptical, misenthropic Ant.: optomistic, sanguine Forms: (nouns) cynic, cynicism: (adverb) cynically |
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Def: neatly and stylishly dressed Syn: stylish, chic Ant: unkempt, dowdy Forms: (adverb) dapperly |
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Def: a. (noun) a flaw or shortcoming b. (verb) to desert one country, cause, or the like for another Syn: blemish, imperfection Forms: (nouns) defectiveness, defection, defector; (adjective) defective |
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Def: a. to put off or postpone b. to yield courteosly to the wishes or judgements of someone else Syn: shelve, delay Ant:expediate, reject Forms: (nouns) deferment, deferral, deference; (adjectives) deferential, deferent |
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Def: in very low spirits Syn: depressed, despondent Ant: elated, jubilant Forms: (noun) dejection; (verb) deject; (adverb) dejectedly |
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Def: to strike out or remove Syn: cancel, efface Ant: retain, include Forms: (noun) deletion |
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Def: to make an accurate line drawing or diagram of; portray or describe in detail Syn: depict, sketch Forms: (nouns) delineation, delineator |
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delinquent (adjective and noun) |
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Def: a. (adjective) neglectful of a duty or obligation; seriously overdue b. (noun) a person who fails to preform a duty; an offender Syn: remiss, negligent Ant: punctilious, dutiful Forms: (noun) delinquency |
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Def: to mislead or deceive Syn: dupe, hoodwinked Forms: (nouns) delunder, delusion; (adjectives) deluded, delusive, delusory |
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Def: Modest and reserved in dress, manner, or behavior Syn: sedate, staid Ant: bold, aggresive Forms: (noun) demureness; (adverb) demurely |
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Def: the point at which the plot of a novel or drama is finally resolved; the outcome or solution of a complex sequence of events Syn: unraveling, disentanglement |
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Def: shifting from one thing to another without reason or purpose; haphazard or random Syn: erratic, aimless Ant: steadfast, systematic Forms: (noun) desultoriness; (adverb) desultory |
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Def: a. (verb) to move away from, especially what is considered normal, right, or acceptable b. (noun) a person who differs markedly in behavior, belif, or attitude from what is accepted as normal or proper Syn: diverge, digress Ant: conform to, stick to Forms: (noun) deviator; (adjective) deviant |
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Def: empty; lacking in Syn: destitude, wanting Ant: replete, bursting |
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Def: Deeply religious, earnest, or sincere Syn: pious, reverent Ant: unfaithful, irreverent Forms: ...many |
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Def: Skillful in using one's hands or mind; clever Syn: adroit, proficient Ant: clumsy, gauche Forms: (nouns) dexterity, dexterousness; (adverb) dewterously |
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