Cronick vocab chapt 9

Auxiliary (adj)

Giving assistance or support

Auxiliary (adj)syn

Additional

Auxiliary (adj) ant

Main

Auxiliary (noun)

A help aid

Auxiliary (noun) syn

Reserve

Candid

Frank, sincere; impartial; unposed

Candid syn

Forthright

Candid ant

Insincere

Cubicle

A small room or compartment

cubicle syn

Hole in the wall

Cubicle ant

Vast hall

Drudgery

Work that is hard and tiresome

Drudgery syn

Toil

Drudgery ant

Play

Envoy

A representative or messenger

Envoy syn

Ambassador

Escalate

To elevate; to increase in intensity

Escalate syn

Raise

Escalate ant

Decrease

Expedient (noun)

A means to an end

Epedient (noun) syn

Contrivance

Expedient (adj)

Advantageous, useful

Expedient (adj) syn

Serviceable

Expedient (adj) ant

Inconvenient

Feign

To pretend

Feign syn

Fake

Flair

A natural quality, talent or skill; a distinctive style

Flair syn

Bent

Flair ant

Inability

Grievous

Causing sorrow or pain; serious

Grievous syn

Painful

Grievous ant

Joyful

Heterogenous

Composed of different kinds, diverse

Heterogenous syn

Miscellaneous

Hetergenous ant

Uniform

Horde

Vast number (as of people);a throng

Horde syn

Crowd

Horde ant

Few

Impel

To force, drive forward

Impel syn

Urge

Impel ant

Discourage

Incredulous

Disbelieveing, skeptical

Incredulous syn

Mistrustful

Incredulous ant

Believing

Inscribe

To write or engrave; to enter a name on a list

Inscribe syn

Enroll

Inscribe ant

Erase

Monologue

A speech by one actor; a long talk by one person

Monologue syn

soliloquy

Monologue ant

Conversation

Prognosis

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

prognosis syn

Projection

Rasping (adj)

With a harsh, grating sound

Rasping (adj) syn

Scraping

Rasping (adj) ant

Smooth

Rasping (noun)

A harsh sound

Repugnant

Offensive, disagreeable, distasteful

Repugnant syn

Hatedul

Repugnant ant

Pleasing

Scuttle (Verb)

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

Scuttle (verb) syn

Abandon

Scuttle (verb) ant

Keep afloat

Scuttle (noun)

A pail