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(adj) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
S: genial, amicable, cordial A: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable |
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(v) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
S: augment, amplify, enhance, exalt
A: reduce, decrease, diminish |
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(adj) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion
S: formless, unstructured, inchoate
A: definite, well-defined, clear-cut |
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(n) an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing
S: model, prototype, epitome |
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(n) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
s: ambience, atmosphere |
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(n) illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj) illegal, prohibited
S: (adj) bootleg, unlawful
A: (adj) legal, lawful, licit
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(adj) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
S: profoundly, educated, well-read
A: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate |
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(adj) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n) a very thin, light cloth
S: (adj) filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy
A: (adj) dense, solid, massive |
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(adj) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
S: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic
A: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable
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(adj) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
S: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial
A: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal
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(adj) incapable of being changed or called back
S: unrecallable, unalterable
A: reversible, changeable |
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(n) a natural inclination or predilection toward
S: natural bent, proclivity, penchant
A: natural incapacity or inability |
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(adj) peevish, complaining, fretful
S: petulant, irritable
A: uncomplaiming, stoical |
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(v) to argue with someone against something, protest against
S: reason against, expostulate |
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(v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
S: disavow, renounce
A: avow, affirm, aver
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(adj) able to return to an original shape or form, able to recover quickly
S: springy, elastic
A: rigid, stiff, inflexible |
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(v) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
s:rumble, thunder, boom, echo |
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(adj) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed
S: obscenem filthy, abusive, vituperative
A: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified |
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(adj) persistent, showing industry and determination
S: assiduous, indefatigable
A: indolent, listless |
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(adj) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable
S: inferior, cheesy
A: superior, first-rate |
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