H English Vocabulary 2.3-2.4 Contrasted Words

chimerical

pragmatic, mundane

asinine

sage, prudent, judicious

titanic

diminutive, minuscule, minute, puny

irony

bluntness, frankness, candor

effete

flourishing, prolific, fecund, vital

hyperbole

understatement, litotes

diabolic

pious, virtuous, benevolent, humane

dunce

sage, savant, pundit, prodigy

draconian

lenient, indulgent, tolerant

plummet

ascend, soar

fatal

auspicious, propitious, benign, innocuous, vitalizing, restorative

nefarious

laudable, virtuous, exalted

vindicate

refute, censure, castigate, rebuke, reproach