Stentorian
Extremely loud
S: blaring, booming, roaring
A: quiet, silent
Propitious
promising; auspicious
S: favorable, advantageous, beneficial
A: ominous, harmful, unfortunate
Transient
Remaining only a short time
S: temporary, fleeting, provisional
A: permanent, enduring
Tremulous
Timid, fearful
S: anxious, sheepish, nervous
A: brace, confident, bold
Fulsome
offensively flattering; insincere
S: unctuous, ingratiating, fawning
A: sincere, heartfelt
utilitarian
Useful, practical
S: practical, functional
A: useless
Schism
A separation or division
S: break, estrangement, split
A: unification, merger, alliance
Rescind
To repeal, to make void
S: recall, repeal, nullify
A: adopt, enact, promote
Extant
still in existence
S: existent, present, remaining
A: extinct, dead, gone
Inchoate
Not yet complete, undeveloped
S: rudimentary, preliminary, unformed
A: refined, shaped, developed
Unwieldy
Not easily carried because size, shape, or complexity
S: awkward, cumbersome, ungainly
A: convenient, manageable
Spurious
Possible but false, not genuine
S: counterfeit, bogus
A: legitimate, genuine, authentic
Abjure
To renounce or recant
S: retract, revoke
A: assert, maintain
Inveterate
Habitual, continuing
S: chronic
Dissipate
To waste recklessly, to exhaust
S: squander, misuse
A: save, conserve
Echelon
a level of authority or responsibility; a rank
S: level
Waive
To relinquish something voluntarily, to refrain from enforcing
S: forfeit, cede, defer
A: Demand, enforce, impose
Serendipity
the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident
S: luck
nondescript
Lacking individual or distinct characteristics
S: uninteresting, common, ordinary
A: unusual, unique, extraordinary
Punitive
punishing; pertaining to punishment
S: disciplinary, corrective, retaliatory
Discerning
Having keen perception
S: perceptive, sharp, astute
Idyllic
simple and carefree; delightfully serene
S: charming, picturesque, pleasant
A: unpleasant, oppressive, dire
Acme
The highest point
S: pinnacle, climax, peak
A: nadir
Soluble
Easily dissolved
A: insoluble
Malinger
To feign illness to avoid work
S: masquerade
Cerebral
favoring intelligence over emotions or instinct
S: intellectual, rational, logical
A: intuitive, instinctive
Hypocrisy
professing beliefs, feelings, or values that one does not have or practice
S: insincerity, duplicity
A: sincerity, earnestness
Conundrum
A difficult problem
S: quandary, predicament
Deleterious
Having a harmful effect, injurious
S: destructive, pernicious, damaging
A: beneficial, harmless, benign
Relegate
To place in an unfavorable place or position
S: demote, displace, exile
Propinquity
Nearness, proximity
S: closeness, immediacy, adjacency
A: distance, remoteness
Abrogate
to abolish, especially by authority; to revoke formally
S: annul, invalidate, repeal
A: establish, ratify, support
Supine
Lying on ones back, lying face up
A: prone
Prosaic
straightforward and unimaginative; uninteresting
S: banal, humdrum, monotonous
A: fascinating, inspiring
Parity
equality
S: balance, equivalence, proportion
A: disparity, imbalance
Extrinsic
not essential; extraneous
S: unnecessary, adventitious
A: necessary, crucial, required, intrinsic
Outr�
extremely unconventional; bizarre
syn: eccentric, freaky, outlandish
ant: conforming, ordinary
Analects
selections from a literary work
surreptitious
accomplished through stealth and secrecy
S: furtive, sneaky, clandestine
A: open, candid
Anomie
social or personal instability caused by a lack or erosion of values, standards, or ideals
magniloquent
lofty in expression; pompous
S: grandiloquent, grandiose, ostentatious
A: humble, subtle, reserved
Factotum
An employee wit a variety of jobs or responsibilities
S: workhorse, operator
A: principal
Cognizant
fully informed; having knowledge of
S: aware, perceptive, sentient
A: ignorant, unaware, oblivious
Febrile
Pertaining to fever, feverish
Apostasy
abandonment of one's principles, faith, or religious beliefs
S: defection, disavowal, renunciation
A: commitment, dedication, loyalty