Vocabulary Workshop Level H Unit 3-Syn./Ant.

ancillary

SYN: auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory
ANT: central, key, primary, principal, main

bowdlerize

SYN: censor, purge, expurgate

condescend

SYN: deign

cozen

SYN: dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle

enclave

SYN: island, subgroup

forte

SYN: gift, aptitude, specialty
ANT: weakness, shortcoming, foible

gratis

SYN: (adj) on the house, (adv) freely
ANT: (adv) for a price

icon

SYN: emblem, idol

interstice

SYN: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna

macrocosm

SYN: cosmos, entirety, universe
ANT: model, miniature, microcosm

mountebank

SYN: impostor, quack, trickster, swindler, charlatan
ANT: sucker, dupe, "mark", "pigeon

paean

SYN: hymn, ode, anthem
ANT: dirge, elegy, lament, threnody

persiflage

SYN: banter, jesting, repartee, badinage

plethora

SYN: surplus, surfeit, glut, excess
ANT: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity

pragmatic

SYN: down-to-earth, businesslike
ANT: idealistic, impractical, visionary

quizzical

SYN: peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive
ANT: unequivocal, crystal-clear, unambiguous

rapacity

SYN: avarice, cupidity, voraciousness
ANT: liberality, generosity, altruism

schism

SYN: rift, breach, split
ANT: united front, reconciliation

therapeutic

SYN: curative, salutary, salubrious
ANT: harmful, injurious, deleterious

virtuoso

SYN: expert, master, prodigy, maestro
ANT: amateur, beginner, novice, (adj) mediocre