to assert without proof or confirmation

Syn: claim, contend

Ant: prove, deny

thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant

Syn: egregious, unmitigated

light and playful conversation

Syn: banter, persiflage, repartee

Ant: sermon

to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistant

Syn placate, mollify, propitiate

Ant: antagonize, alienate, estrange

to cancel or resverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first

Syn: recall, revoke

Ant: reaffirm, reassert

one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement

Syn: level, rank

to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

Syn: aggravate, intensify, worsen

Ant: alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate

stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

Syn: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous

Ant: sensible, intelligent, perceptive, bright

impossible to disprove; beyond argument

Syn: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable

Ant: disputable, indefensible, untenable

lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted

Syn: listless, indolent, indifferent, lax

Ant: energetic, vigorous, wholehearted

a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list

Syn: rigmarole, catalog, megillah

grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

Syn: grotesque, grim, ghoulish

an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

Syn: lack

Ant: abundance, glut, plenitude, deluge

to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

Syn: bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest

to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out

Syn: pull down, demolish, shave off

Ant: build, contruct, raise, erect

to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract

Syn: repudiate, disavow

Ant: reaffirm, reassert

to soak through thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully

Syn: permeate, drench, flood, imbue

Ant: drain

of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

Syn: sullen, morose

Ant: lighthearted, cheerful, vivacious

to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if though mud

a mire; a state of depression

Syn: shed, slog

Ant: take on, acquire, assume