Antonyms - 34

1. palliate
a. increase the intensity of
b. expand the scope of
c. enhance the appeal of
d. accelerate the diffusion of
e. extend the endurance of

2. ravel
a. remain silent
b. increase in value
c. knit
d. omit
e. measure

3. goad
a. ignore
b. cajole
c. console
d. protect
e. curb

4. effluvia
a. important examples
b. relevant theories
c. predictable results
d. controlled reactions
e. desired products

5. limp
a. true
b. firm
c. clear
d. stark
e. endless

6. global
a. local
b. unusual
c. unpredictable
d. hot-headed
e. single-minded

7. stability
a. disparity
b. inconstancy
c. opposition
d. carelessness
e. weariness

8. dilate
a. narrow
b. strengthen
c. bend
d. push
e. soften

9. console
a. pretend sympathy
b. reveal suffering
c. aggravate grief
d. betray
e. vilify

10. exculpate
a. attribute guilt
b. avoid responsibility
c. establish facts
d. control hostilities
e. show anxiety

11. abjure
a. commingle
b. arbitrate
c. espouse
d. appease
e. pardon

12. specious
a. unfeigned
b. significant
c. valid
d. agreeable
e. restricted

13. quotidian
a. extraordinary
b. certain
c. wishful
d. secret
e. premature

14. adhere
a. detach
b. cleanse
c. engulf
d. incise
e. contain

15. unconventionality
a. perceptibility
b. inscrutability
c. imperturbability
d. fidelity to custom
e. formality of discourse

16. outset
a. regression
b. series
c. exit
d. interruption
e. termination

17. rarefy
a. make less humid
b. make less opaque
c. make more voluminous
d. make more dense
e. make more oily

18. effrontery
a. charity
b. deference
c. simplicity
d. deceitfulness
e. stupidity

19. scurvy
a. completely centered
b. above reproach
c. imaginative
d. valiant
e. carefree

20. obdurate
a. complaisant
b. similar
c. commensurate
d. uncommunicative
e. transitory

Answers

1. a
2. c
3. e
4. e
5. b
6. a
7. b
8. a
9. c
10. a
11. c
12. c
13. a
14. a
15. d
16. e
17. d
18. b
19. b
20. a

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