Vocabulary Flashcards: Synonyms and Antonyms

Vocabulary Flashcards: Synonyms and Antonyms

• Abomination

  • Synonyms: hatred, corruption
  • Antonyms: delight, pleasure

• Ameliorate

  • Synonyms: mitigate, improve, relieve
  • Antonyms: aggravate, intensify, worsen

• Base

  • Synonyms: mean-spirited, selfish
  • Antonyms: uncorrupt, pure, honest, clean

• Beguile

  • Synonyms: seduce, betray, scam
  • Antonyms: honesty, pure, truth

• Calumny

  • Synonyms: defamation, lie, libel
  • Antonyms: truth, flattery, idolize

• Contempt

  • Synonyms: disdain, scorn, antipathy
  • Antonyms: approval, respect, praise

• Denounce

  • Synonyms: accuse, blame, boycott
  • Antonyms: applaud, compliment, exalt

• Excommunication

  • Synonyms: damnation, dismissal, removal
  • Antonym: accepted to participate

• Gaunt

  • Synonyms: emaciated, bleak
  • Antonyms: thick, heavy, well-nourished

• Ideology

  • Synonyms: culture, creed, outlook, dogma
  • Antonym: absence of rule/order

• Immaculate

  • Synonyms: flawless, pure, impeccable
  • Antonyms: defective, flawed, imperfect

• Iniquity

  • Synonyms: infamy, wrong, evil-doing
  • Antonyms: good deeds, kindness, morality

• Intimations

  • Synonyms: cue, communications, declaration
  • Antonyms: silence, refusal to talk

• Lascivious

  • Synonyms: carnal, indecent, crude
  • Antonyms: clean, decent, moral, chaste

• Lechery

  • Synonyms: lust, unchaste, debauchery
  • Antonyms: celibate, chaste, honor

• Licentious

  • Synonyms: disorder, amoral, corrupt
  • Antonyms: chaste, controlled, naïve

• Malevolence

  • Synonyms: hatred, malice, evil
  • Antonyms: kindness, goodwill, charity

• Malign

  • Synonyms: harmful, sinister, wicked
  • Antonyms: benign, helpful, kindly

• Naïve

  • Synonyms: simple, ignorant, innocent
  • Antonyms: aware, experienced, knowledgeable

• Pretense

  • Synonyms: charade, semblance, appearance
  • Antonyms: reality, honesty, truth

• Quail

  • Synonyms: recoil, flinch, cower
  • Antonym: calm, steady

• Qualm

  • Synonyms: doubt, worry, apprehension, nervous
  • Antonym: calm, certainty, peace

• Reprieve

  • Synonyms: amnesty, pardon, postponement
  • Antonym: continuation, follow through

• Sublime

  • Synonyms: superb, glorious, heavenly
  • Antonyms: inferior, lowly, poor, second-rate

• Tantalize

  • Synonyms: entice, frustrate, torment
  • Antonyms: assist, encourage, support

• Trepidation

  • Synonyms: dismay, dread, panic
  • Antonyms: assurance, calm, composure, ease

• Vindictive

  • Synonyms: cruel, resentful, malicious
  • Antonyms: compassionate, forgiving, gentle