adjective/noun

adj) giving assistance or support

n) a helper, aid

Syn: adj) additional help, back-up n) reserve, accessory

Ant: adj) main, primary, principal

adjective

frank, sincere, impartial, unposed

Syn: forthright, plainspoken, unbiased

Ant: insincere, evasive, misleading, artful

noun

a small room

Syn: enclosure, hole-in-the-wall

Ant: vast hall, auditorium

noun

work that is hard and tiresome

Syn: toil, labor, grind

Ant: play, frolic, amusement, recreation, fun

noun

a represntative or messenger (as of gov't)

Syn: agent, ambassador, emissary, minister

verb

to elevate; to increase in intesity

Syn: climb, raise, ascend, mount

Ant: decrease, lessen, descend, defuse

noun/adjective

n) a means to an end

adj) advantageous, useful

Syn: n) contrivance, device, adj) serviceable 

Ant: adj) inconvenient, untimely, disadvantageous

verb

to pretend

Syn: fake, sham, affect, stimulate

noun

a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style

Syn: aptitude, bent, knack, gift, style, panache

Ant: inability, incapacity

adjective

causing sorrow or pain, serious

Syn: painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant

Ant: joyful, uplifting, ceery, upbeat, comforting

adjective

composed of diff't kinds, diverse

Syn: miscellaneous, mixed, variegated

Ant: uniform, homogeneous, of a piece

noun

a vast number (as of people), a throng

Syn: crowd, mass, multitude, host, swarm

Ant: few, handful

verb

to force, drive forward

Syn: urge, push, spur, propel, incite

Ant: discourage, check, restrain, curb

adjective

disbelieving, skeptical

Syn: dubious, mistrustful, doubting

Ant: believing, trustful, gullible

verb

to write or engrave, to enter a name on a list

Syn: imprint, enroll, enlist

Ant: erase, rub out, delete, efface, obliterate

noun

a speech by one acor; a long talk by one person

Syn: soliloquy, recitation

Ant: dialogue, conversation, colloquy

noun

a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation

Syn: prediction, projection

adjective/noun

adj) w/ a harsh grating sound

n) a harsh sound

Syn: adj) scratchy, scraping, abrasive, gravelly

Ant: adj) sonorous, smooth, satiny, silky, mellow

adjective 

offensive, disagreeable, distasteful

Syn: hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive

Ant: pleasing, attractive, tempting, wholesome

verb/noun

v) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; t get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry

n) a pail

Syn: v) abandon, discard, scrap, ditch, dump

Ant: keep afloat, salvage, rescue, preserve