Word and Definition Inextricably: inseparably;

Synonym
completely, indistinguishably, inevita

Antonym

incapable of being disent bly, totally. angled, undone, loosed, hopelessly intricate, involved, or perple or solved:an inextricable xing: inextricableconfusion. knot.
Inevitably: unavoidably. Invariably : perpetually;
inescapably, necessarily, surely. always, constantly, customarily, habi tually,regularly, unalterably, unfailing ly;

not variable; not changi ng or capable of being c hanged;static or constant .

Impromptu:
unrehearsed, improvise d;made or done without

previous preparation: an impromptuaddress to the unexpected crowds.

Adlib, dashed off, extemporaneous, e xtempore,extemporized, fake, faked, improv, improviso, offthe cuff, offha nd, played by ear, shot from thehip, spontaneous, spur-of-themoment, thrownoff, tossed off, unpre meditated, unprepared,unscripted, u nstudied, vamped, whipped up,winge d*

deliberate, designed, planne d, premeditated,rehearsed; (extemporaneous means ' prepared in advanceand carri ed out with few or no notes' whileimpromptu means 'to tally unprepared,performed on the spur of the moment' but thisdistinction has been all but lost impromptu conveys unreh earsed remarks orperforman ce with an element of surpris e, whileextempore only su ggests that this is donewitho ut notes or props). deliberate, planned, prepare d, rehearsed,written;

ad-lib:

Stash : hide

Scourge : plague, torment;

a person or thing that ap plies or administers puni shment orsevere criticis m.

at one's pleasure; in an improvised manner; adumbrate, blot out, bury, cache, ca mouflage,cloak, conceal, cover, curta in, disguise,dissemble, ditch, duck*, eclipse, ensconce, gointo hiding, go u nderground, harbor, hold back,hole up, hush up, keep from, ke ep secret, lie low,lock up, mask, not give away, not tell, obscure,occult, pl ant*, protect, put out of the way,res erve, salt away, screen, secrete, sha dow,shelter, shield, shroud, smuggle, squirrel, stifle,stow away, suppress, take cover, tuck away,veil, withhold. affliction, bane, correction, curse, infl iction,misfortune, penalty, pest, pesti lence,punishment, terror, visitation.

advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, delight,happiness.

Affliction:
hurt condition; somethi ng that causes hurt.

adversity, anguish, calamity, cross, c rux,depression, difficulty, disease, di sorder, distress,grief, hardship, illnes s, infirmity, misery,misfortune, ordea l, pain, plague, plight,scourge, sickn ess, sorrow, suffering, torment,trial, tribulation, trouble, woe.

aid, comfort, consolation, he alth, help, relief.

castigate canker: blight, corrupt.

Criticize severely.
animalize, bestialize, consume, corro de, debase,debauch, demoralize, dep rave, embitter,envenom, inflict, perv ert, poison, pollute, rot,ruin, scourg e , sore, stain, ulcer, vitiate. affliction, blight, burden, bte noir, c alamity,curse, despair, destruction, d isaster, downfall,fatal attraction, mis ery, nuisance, pest, plague,poison, r uin, ruination, scourge , torment, tri al,trouble, undoing, venom, woe. dispensation, exception, exemption, i mmunity,liberty, license, nonliability, permission, privilege,security.

compliment, laud, praise.

bane: cause of misery.

advantage, blessing, fortune , good luck.

Impunity: freedom

imprisonment, incarceration. (impunity is protection fro m punishment, just asimmu nity is protection from disea se). defenselessness, responsibili ty, susceptibility,vulnerabilit y.

Immunity:
privilege, exemption.

Forgiveness: pardon; end of blame.

Impugn:
criticize, challenge.

amnesty, charter, exoneration, franc hise,freedom, impunity , indemnity, invulnerability,liberty, license, prero gative, protection, release,resistance , right. absolution, acquittal, amnesty, charit y,clemency, compassion, condonatio n,dispensation, exculpation, exonerat ion,extenuation, grace, immunity, im punity ,indemnity, justification, lenie nce, lenity, mercy,overlooking, pallia tion, purgation, quarter,quittance, re mission, remittal, reprieve, respite,vi ndication. assail, attack, blast, break, call into q uestion,cast aspersions upon, cast do ubt upon, comedown on, contradict, contravene, cross, cut toshreds, den y, disaffirm, dispute, gainsay, knock* ,negate, negative, oppose, pin somet hing on, put down*, question, resist, run down, s kin alive,slam*, smear, stick it to, sw ipe at, tar, throwdoubt on, throw the book at, thumb nose at,traduce, tras h, traverse, zap, zing.

accusation, blame, censure, charge,punishment, sentenc e.

flatter, praise;

(to impugn is to dispute the

truth, validity, orhonesty of; to oppugn is to dispute the truth orvalidity of, to strive against).

censure: condemn; criticize seve rely.

contravene: go against, contradict;

Denounce: condemn, attack;

Contrite : regretful.

penitent: shamed, sorrowful.

regretful: sad, sorry.

abuse, admonish, animadvert, aspers e, attack,backbite, berate, blame, car p at, castigate,cavil, chastise, chide, contemn, cut up,denigrate, denounce , deprecate, disapprove,discipline, di sparage, exprobate, find fault with,g et after, impugn , incriminate, judge , knock,lecture, look askance, ostraci ze, pick apart, pullapart, read out, re buff, rebuke, remonstrate,reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tear apart, tell off, upbr aid. abjure, breach, break, combat, confli ct with,counteract, cross, defy, disaffi rm, disobey,encroach, exclude, fight, gainsay, hinder,impugn , infract, inf ringe, interfere, interpose,intrude, ne gate, offend, oppose, overstep,refute , reject, repudiate, resist, spurn, thw art,transgress, traverse, trespass, vi olate. accuse, adjudicate, arraign, blacklist, blame,boycott, brand, castigate, cen sure, charge,charge with, criticize, da mn, declaim, decry,denunciate, dero gate, dress down, excoriate,expose, f inger*, hang something on, impeach, implicate, impugn , incriminate, indi ct, inveighagainst, knock, ostracize, proscribe, prosecute,rap, rat, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand,reproach, repr obate, reprove, revile, scold, showup , skin*, smear, stigmatize, take to ta sk,threaten, upbraid vilify,vituperate. apologetic, attritional, chastened, co mpunctious,consciencestricken, humble, penitent,penitential , remorseful, repentant, sorrowful,so rry. abject, apologetic, atoning, attritional ,compunctious, consciencestricken, contrite ,penitential, regret ful, remorseful, repentant,rueful,sorr y. apologetic, ashamed, attritional, com punctious,contrite , disappointed, m ournful, penitent,remorseful, repenta nt, rueful, sorrowful.

allow, approve, compliment, endorse, laud,permit, sancti on.

agree, aid, allow, approve, a ssent, assist,concur, consent , endorse, help, permit, uph old.

approve, commend, complim ent, praise.

hurtful, indifferent, mean, un repentant.

happy, unashamed, unrepen tent.

content, happy, not guilty, s atisfied.

Repentant:

Reigned:
have power over; preva il;

the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.

domineer: oppress; assume autho rity;

Exoteric:

administer, be in power, be in the dri ver's seat,be supreme, boss, comma nd, dominate,domineer, govern, hea d up, helm, hold power,hold sway, in fluence, manage, obtain, occupy,over rule, predominate, preponderate, rul e, rulethe roost, run the show, run th ings, sit,superabound, wear the crow n. be in the saddle, bend, bluster, boss around,browbeat, bulldoze, bully*, c all the shots,dominate, hector, henpe ck, in the driver's seat,intimidate, ke ep under thumb, kick around, leadby the nose, menace, overbear, predo minate,preponderate, prevail, push t he buttons, reign,rule, rule the roost, run the show, run things,swagger, t hreaten, throw weight around,tyranni ze; Popular; simple; commonplace;

serve, submit; (reign is a periodduring whi ch somebody is dominant or powerful;rein is one of a pa ir of long leather strapsconn ected to the bit or bridle and used tocontrol a horse or ot her animal) follow, submit, surrender, yi eld;

central, interior, middle.

Suitable for or communi cated to the general publ ic.

pertaining to the outside; exterior; exte rnal.

exoteric , external, extraneous, extr aterrestrial,extraterritorial, extrinsic, foreign, marginal,outdoor, outer, out ermost, outlying, outmost,outward, o ver, peripheral, superficial, surface. ageism, animosity, antipathy, aparth eid,aversion, bad opinion, bias, bigot ry, chauvinism,contemptuousness, d etriment, discrimination,disgust, disli ke, displeasure, disrelish, enmity,fore gone conclusion, illiberality, injustice, jaundiced eye, mindset, misjudgmen t, narrow-mindedness, onesidedness, partiality, pique,preconcei ved notion, preconception,prejudgme nt, prepossession, racism, repugnanc e,revulsion, sexism, slant, spleen, tilt , twist,umbrage, unfairness, warp, xe nophobia. bent, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition ,favoritism, flash, headset, illiberality,inclination, intolerance , leaning, mind trip, mindset, narrowmindedness, onesidedness,penchant, preconception, predilection,predisposition, preferenc e, prejudice ,prepossession, proclivi ty, proneness, propensity,spin, stand

Prejudice: belief without

basis, information; intol erance

fairness, justice, regard, res pect, tolerance.

(a person's bias is based on

facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examiningthe facts).

Bias: belief in one way; parti ality.

fairness, impartiality, justnes s.

Repeal : cancellation

abrogate: formally put an

end to.

annul: void an

agreement.

Empirical/empiric: practical, based on experience. experimental: exploratory.

point, tendency, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint, abolition, abrogation, annulment, inv alidation,nullification, rescinding, res cindment, rescission,revocation, with drawal. abate, abolish, annul, cancel, dissolv e, do in,end, finish off, invalidate, kn ock out, negate,nix, nullify, quash, re ject, renege, repeal ,retract, revoke, scrub, torpedo, undo, vacate,vitiate, void. Abatement, abolish, abrogate, annihil ate, blot out,call off, cancel, counter mand, declare, delete,discharge, diss olve, efface, erase, expunge, getoff t he hook, invalidate, kill, negate, neut ralize,nix, nullify, obliterate, quash, r ecall, render nulland void, repeal , r escind, retract, reverse,revoke, scrub , undo, vacate, vitiate, wipe out. experient, experiential, experimental, factual,observational, observed, pra gmatic, provisional. beginning, developmental, empirical ,experiential, first stage, laboratory, momentary,on approval, pilot, prelim inary, preparatory,primary, probation ary, provisional, speculative,tempora ry, tentative, test, trial, trial-anderror,unconcluded, under probation, unproved. analytical, empirical , experimental, from thelatter, inducible, inductive, l ogical, practical. clump, drag oneself, footslog, hike, lumber,march, plod, plug along, schl epp, slog, step,stumble, stump, traip se, tramp, tread, trek, wade, linger, delay walking. amble, ambulate, gad, go on foot, hi ke, knockabout, lumber, march, mea nder, pace, parade,plod, prance, pro menade, roam, rove, shuffle,step, str ide, stroll, strut, take a walk, tour,tra vel on foot, traverse, trek, troop, tru dge ,wander devalue, downplay, lessen, minimize, underrate, undervalue. be alive with, be all over the place, b e knee deepin, be no end to, be plent

approval, enactment, passag e, sanction,validation.

approve, establish, fix, instit ute, legalize, ratify,sanction, support

enactment, restoration, rete ntion, validation. keep, restore, retain, revalid ate, validate

hypothetical, impractical, sp eculative,theoretical, unobse rved. proven, tested, tried.

a posteriori: involving

a priori. Tiptoe.

reasoning from the facts. Trudge: walk heavily.

Traipse : Walk.

Understate: underestimate. Abound :

exist in abundance.

amplify, exaggerate, magnif y, overestimate,overstate. deficient, fail, lack, need, sh ort, want.

Discourse: dialogue, Dissertation;

Fungible : identical, interchangeable; transposable;

Prurient : lascivious.

beastly: savage, vulgar;

carnal: erotic, sensual.

Erotic: sexy

iful, be thick with, beup to one's ears in, crawl with, crowd, flourish,flow, h ave a full plate, infest, overflow,prolif erate, swarm, swell, teem, thrive address, article, chat, communication ,conversation, converse, descant, dis cussion,disquisition, essay, gabfest, homily, huddle,lecture, memoir, mon ograph, monologue, oration,paper, r hetoric, sermon, speaking, speech, t alk,thesis, tractate, treatise, utteranc e, changeable, commutable, compatible , converse,convertible, corresponden t, equivalent,exchangeable, fungible , interconvertible,mutual, reciprocal, reciprocative, same,substitutable, sy nonymous, workalike; trading goods; bawdy, carnal, crude, desirous, erotic , fleshly,horny, hot*, lecherous, lewd , libertine, libidinous,licentious, lustfu l, obscene, offensive, orgiastic,porno graphic, raunchy*, salacious, sensual ,sexual, smutty, suggestive, unchast e, vulgar. abominable, animal, barbarous, base , bestial,boorish, brutal, brute, brutis h, carnal, coarse,cruel, degraded, de praved, disgusting, feral,ferine, foul, gluttonous, gross, inhuman,irrational , loathsome, low, monstrous, obscen e,piggish, prurient , repulsive, sadis tic, swinish,unclean, vile. animal, bodily, corporal, corporeal, e arthly,fleshly, genital, impure, lascivi ous, lecherous,lewd, libidinous, licent ious, lustful, physical,prurient , sala cious, sensuous, temporal,unchaste, venereal, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton ,worldly. amative, amatory, amorous, aphrodi siac, bawdy,blue*, carnal, concupisce nt, earthy, erogenous,fervid, filthy, fl eshly, hot*, impassioned, kinky*,lasc ivious, lecherous, lewd, obscene, offcolor,prurient , purple*, raunchy, ra w, romantic,rousing, salacious, seduc tive, sensual, sexual,spicy, steamy, s timulating, suggestive,titillating, ven ereal, voluptuous.

quiet, silence.

different, dissimilar.

good, kind, nice, superior.

chaste, clean, intellectual, pu re, spiritual.

bland, cold, dull, frigid, uner otic; (erotic means giving sexual pleasure or sexuallyarousing , while exotic means being or from orcharacteristic of an other place or part of thewor ld or strikingly strange or un usual)

Undue : excessive, unnecessary;

Demagodue: agitating person;

incendiary: person who causes fire, trouble

disproportionate, exceeding, exorbita nt,extravagant, extreme, forbidden, i lltimed, illegal,immoderate, improper, inappropriate, inapt,indecorous, inept , inordinate, intemperate,needless, o vermuch, sinister, too great, too much, unapt, uncalledfor, unconscionable,underhanded, un deserved, unfair, unfitting,unjust, unj ustifiable, unjustified, unmeasurable, unreasonable, unseasonable, unseem ly,unsuitable, untimely, unwarrantabl e, unwarranted. agitator, fanatic, firebrand, fomenter, haranger,hothead, incendiary, incite r, inflamer, instigator,politician, rabbl eouser, radical, rebel,revolutionary, so apbox orator, troublemaker. agitator, arsonist, criminal, demago gue ,demonstrator, firebrand, insurg ent, pyromaniac,rabblerouser, rebel, revolutionary, rioter.

moderate, reasonable, sensi ble.

(undo means to reverse an

action or thing;undue mea ns 'inappropriate' or 'excessi ve').

Inciter

Agitator.
adjy, advocate, agent, anarchist, cha mpion,demagogue , disrupter, dissi dent, dogmatist,fighter, firebrand, fo menter, heretic, incendiary,instigator , leftist, malcontent, mover, partisan, propagandist, provocateur, pusher, r abblerouser, radical, reactionary, rebel, ref ormer,revisionist, revolutionary, ringl eader, sparkplug,troublemaker, wave maker, zealot. agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apost ate,demagogue , deserter, disectari an, dissenter,experientialist, experim enter, frondeur, guerrilla,heretic, ico noclast, independent, individualist,in novator, insurgent, insurrectionary,m alcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconf ormist,opponent, overthrower, recrea nt, renegade,resistance, revolter, rev olutionary, revolutionist,rioter, schis matic, secessionist, seditionist,separ atist, subverter, traitor, turncoat. agitator, demagogue , firebrand, inc endiary;

rebel: person who does not o bey

Note:
to revolt is to refuse to obe y the constraintsimposed by another; to rebel is to atte mpt toreplace those constrai nts by a set of one's own.

rabble-rouser: passionate orator. insurrectionary

rebel

Substantive: nominal Beckon:

call, signal, or lure; Aftermath: situation following an e vent, occurrence.

common noun, noun, proper noun.

(substantial means conside

rable or sizeable;substantiv e means actual or firm).

Ostensible:
alleged, supposed

Auspices:
protection; support; Auspice: Omen;

Auspice: patronage; Aegis : protection; Augury : omen;

allure, ask, attract, bid, coax, comma nd,demand, draw, entice, gesticulate , gesture,invite, motion, nod, pull, si gn, summon, tempt,wave. Aftereffects, causatum, chain reactio n,consequences, end, eventuality, fla k, impact,issue, outcome, payoff, re mainder, residual,residuum, results, upshot, waves. apparent, avowed, colorable, demons trative,exhibited, illusive, illusory, lik ely, manifest,notable, outward, plaus ible, pretended,professed, purported, quasi, seeming, semblant,socalled, specious, superficial. advocacy, aegis, authority, backing, care,charge, control, countenance, g uidance,influence, patronage, sponso rship, supervision. augury, foreshadowing, harbinger, p ortent,prognostication, sign, warning. advocacy, aegis, auspices, backing, guidance,patronization, protection, s ponsorship, support. auspices , backing, patronage, shelt er,sponsorship, wing; auspice, boding, forerunner, foretoke n,forewarning, harbinger, herald, por tent,precursor, presage, prognosticat ion, promise,prophecy, sign, token, warning; abrasion, attenuation, debilitation, de preciation,disintegration, erosion, gri nding, rubbing,thinning, weakening, wear; attrition, conscience, contrition, mis giving,penitence, penitency, pity, pu nctiliousness,qualm, reluctance, rem orse, repentance, rue,ruth, second th oughts, shame, stab ofconscience, sy mpathy; attrition , compunction, contriteness ,humiliation, penance, penitence, pen itency,remorse, repentance, rue, rut h, self-reproach,sorrow; absolution, atonement, attrition ,co mpensation, compunction, confession

improbable, obscure, unlikel y, vague.

Note:
omen has a negative conno tation, aconnotation absent f rom the word augury ;gene rally, augury bodes well for t he future, anomen bodes ill. building, strengthening;

Attrition:
wearing down or away;

compunction: regret,

sorrow;

defiance, meanness, no rem orse;

contrition: regret;

hurtfulness, indifference, me anness;

penance: reparation for

wrong;

penitence: sorrow;

shame;

Conform: adjust, adapt;

Confirm:
ratify, validate, prove

,contrition, expiation, forgiveness, ha ir shirt,mortification, penalty, peniten ce, punishment,purgation, remorse, r emorsefulness, repentance,retributio n, rue, ruth, sackcloth and ashes, sel fflagellation, shrift, sorrow, suffering; anguish, attrition , compunction, co ntriteness,contrition, debasement, de gradation, distress,grief, humbling, h umiliation, penance, qualm,regret, re morse, remorsefulness, repentance,r ue, ruefulness, ruth, sadness, scruple , self-castigation, selfcondemnation, self-flagellation,selfpunishment, self-reproach; accommodate, attune, be guided by, clean upact, comply, coordinate, don' t make waves, don'trock the boat, fal l in with, fit, follow, followbeaten pat h, follow the crowd, go by the book,g o with the flow, harmonize, integrate , keep,make room, meet halfway, mi nd, move over,obey, observe, play th e game, proportion,quadrate, reconci le, reconciliate, roll withpunches, run with the pack, shape up, square,strai ghten up, suit, tailor, tailormake, toe theline, tune, yield. affirm, approve, attest, authenticate, back, bearout, bless, buy, certify, ch eck, check out,circumstantiate, corroborate, deb unk, doublecheck, endorse, establish, explain, gi ve greenlight, give high sign, give sta mp of approval, givethe goahead, give the nod, justify, lap up, makegood, make sure, okay, rubberstamp, sanction,settle, sign, sign off on, size up, subscribe,substantiate, s upport, thumbs up, underpin,uphold, verify, vouch, warrant, witness.

Shamelessness;

differ, fight, refuse;

annul, cancel, contradict, de stroy, disprove,invalidate, op pose, veto, void;

(Note:
corroborate is used in a na rrower context,usually by wa y of providing support for tes timonyin a legal proceeding; confirm is to lend supportt o a much wider array of thin gs).

ascertain: affirm: declare the truth

Make sure.
assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avou ch, avow,certify, cinch, clinch, confir m , cross heart,declare, guarantee, h ave a lock on, ice*, insist,lock up, m aintain, nail down, okay, predicate,pr ofess, pronounce, put on ice, ratify, r epeat,rubberstamp, say so, set, state, swear, swe deny, negate, nullify, veto;

of something;

Imprudent:
without much thought;

extravagant: indulgent, wasteful

Prudent:
wise, sensible in action and thought;

aron bible, swear up and down, testif y, vouch,witness brash, careless, foolhardy, foolish, he edless, ill-advised, ill-considered, illjudged, impolitic,improvident, incauti ous, inconsiderate, indiscreet,inexpe dient, injudicious, irresponsible, leavi ng selfwide open, off the deep end, o verhasty, playingwith fire, rash, reckl ess, temerarious,thoughtless, unadvi sable, unthinking, unwise; absurd, bizarre, costly, crazy, exagge rated,excessive, exorbitant, expensiv e, extortionate,extreme, fanciful, fan cy, fantastic, flamboyant,flashy, fooli sh, garish, gaudy, grandiose,immode rate, implausible, improvident,impru dent , inordinate, lavish, ludicrous,n onsensical, ornate, ostentatious, outr ageous,overpriced, preposterous, pre tentious, prodigal,profligate, reckless , ridiculous, showy, silly,spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable,u nreasonable, unrestrained; advisable, canny, careful, cautious, ci rcumspect,discerning, discreet, econ omical, farsighted,frugal, hedging one's bets, ju dgmatic, judicious,leery, playing safe , politic, provident, reasonable,sagaci ous, sage, sane, sapient, shrewd, so und,sparing, tactical, thinking twice, thrifty, vigilant,wary; able, acute, adroit, astute, cagey, car eful,cautious, circumspect, cunning, dexterous,discreet, foxy*, frugal, hav ing fancy footwork,hep, ingenious, in telligent, judicious, knowing,nimblewitted, perspicacious, prudent , quic k,quickwitted, sagacious, shrewd, skillful, sli ck,slippery*, sly, smart, smooth*, str eet smart,streetwise, subtle, wary, w atchful, wise, with it,worldly-wise; account, anecdote, annal, autobiogra phy, bio,biography, chronicle, confes sions, diary,discourse, dissertation, e ssay, journal, life, lifestory, memory, monograph, narrative, note,recollect ion, register, reminiscence, thesis,tra ctate, transactions, treatise, vita

careful, cautious, discreet, pr udent, wise;

close, economical, moderate, provident,reasonable, savin g, stingy, thrifty, unpretentio us;

careless, imprudent, incautio us, unwise; (prudent means careful an d sensible or markedby soun d judgment, while prudish meansexcessively proper or modest in speech, conductor dress) foolish, inept, silly;

canny: clever, artful;

Memoir:
record of experiencesautobiography;

a record of events writte n by a person having inti mateknowledge of them and based on personal o

bservation.
Appeal :
request for help. address, adjuration, application, bid, call, claim,demand, entreaty, implora tion, importunity,invocation, overture , petition, plea, prayer,proposal, prop osition, question, recourse,requisition , solicitation, submission, suit,supplic ation; adjure, ask, beg, beseech, brace, cra ve, entreat,importune, pray, supplica te, urge. denial, disavowal, disclaimer , refusal, retraction,revocatio n.

Conjure:
appeal to, implore;

disgust, turn off.

to affect or influence by or as if by invocation or spell.

Charlatan : swindler;
deceiver: conniver. poser: pretender.

cheat, con, con artist, fake, fraud, im poster ,mountebank, phony, pretend er, quack, rip-offartist, sham. cheat, imposter , swindler; hypocrite, imposter , mimic, poseur, pretender;

Note :
a poser is someone who set s test or examquestions or a difficult or perplexing questi on orproblem; a poseur is a person who adopts anaffec ted style or demeanor.

Trickster: fraud;

Defiance:
disobedience, disregard ;

audacity: arrogance, presumptuo usness;

contempt: disdain, disrespect;

charlatan, cheat, con artist, con man, confidence man, conniver, deceiver, imposter ,swindler; affront, audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness,bravado, brazenness, call, c artel, challenge,command, confrontat ion, contempt, contrariness,contuma cy, dare, defy, effrontery, enjoinder,f actiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air, im pudence,impugnment, insolence, ins ubordination,insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, lip,muster*, opposit ion, order, perversity,provocation, re bellion, rebelliousness,recalcitrance, r evolt, sass, spite, stump,summons, t emerity, throwing of the gauntlet,unr uliness. assurance, audaciousness, brass, che ek,chutzpah*, cockiness, crust, defia nce,disrespectfulness, effrontery, for wardness, gall,guts*, gutsiness, hard iness, impertinence,impudence, insol ence, moxie, nerve, rudeness,shamel essness, spunk, stuff*, temerity antipathy, audacity, aversion, condes cension,contumely, defiance , derisi on, despisal,despisement, despite, di sesteem, disregard,distaste, hatred, i

acquiescence, obedience, re gard, respect,submission, su bordination;

gentility, humility, meekness , modesty, timidity,yielding;

admiration, affection, approb ation, approval,endorsement , love, regard, respect, sanct

ndignity, malice, mockery,neglect, re calcitrance, repugnance, ridicule,scor n, slight, snobbery, stubbornness;

ion; (contempt is a more engag ed, more involvedfeeling of d isapproval than disdain)

Inured : accustom ;

to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; tou ghen orharden; habituate (usually followed by to ): inured to cold.
Consummate : Ultimate,

acclimate, familiarize, habituate, har den, makeready, season, toughen, tr ain

best; to bring to a state of perf ection; fulfill.; To complete (an arrange ment, agreement, or the l ike) by apledge or the si gning of a contract: The companyconsummated it s deal to buy a smaller fi rm. To complete (the union of a marriage) by the firs t maritalsexual intercour se.
Reticent :
secretive, quiet;

able, absolute, accomplished, comple te,conspicuous, downright, faultless, finished,flawless, gifted, ideal, impec cable, inimitable,matchless, out-andout, peerless, perfect,perfected, polis hed, positive, practiced, ripe,skilled, superb, superlative, supreme, talente d,thoroughgoing, total, trained, trans cendent,unmitigated, unqualified, un surpassable, utter,virtuosic, whole

incomplete, unfinished, wors t.

disposed to be silent or n ot to speak freely; reserv ed.reluctant or restrained .

Egregious:

bashful, clammed up, close, closemouthed, driedup, dummied up, hesi tant, mum, reserved,restrained, shy, silent, taciturn, tightlipped,uncommunicative, unforthcom ing, unspeaking,uptight; arrant, atrocious, capital, deplorable, extreme,flagrant, glaring, grievous, gross*, heinous,infamous, insufferabl e, intolerable, monstrous,nefarious, n otorious, outright, preposterous,rank , scandalous, shocking, stark.

communicative, forward, unr estrained;

outstandingly bad; outra geous; extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagra nt: anegregious mistake; an egregious liar.
Cogent : effective;

little, minor, secondary, sligh t.

Note: (egregious means conspicu

ously andoutrageously bad o r reprehensible; exceptiona l means well above average or surpassing what iscommo n or usual or expected). impotent, ineffective, invalid, weak.

convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, cle ar, orincisive presentatio n; telling.to the point; relevant; pertinent.

apposite, apt, compelling, conclusive, consequential, convictive, convincing , fitting,forceful, forcible, inducing, in fluential, irresistible,justified, meanin gful, momentous, persuasive,pertine nt, potent, powerful, puissant, releva nt,satisfactory, satisfying, significant, solid, sound,strong, suasive, telling, urgent, valid, weighty,well-grounded

Chicanery:
deception, trickery;

trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry: He resorted tothe worst f lattery and chicanery to win the job. a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade.
Impropriety: Bad taste; mistake;

artifice, cheating, chicane, deviousne ss,dishonesty, dodge, doublecrossing, doubledealing, duplicity, feint, fourberie, fra ud,furtiveness, gambit, hankypanky, intrigue,machination, maneuv er, plot, ploy, ruse, sharppractice, sk ullduggery, sophistry, stratagem,subt erfuge, surreptitiousness, underhand edness,wiles. barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie,goof, immodest y, impudence, incongruity,incorrectn ess, indecency, indecorum, ineleganc e,rudeness, slip*, solecism, unseemli ness,unsuitability, vulgarism, vulgarity.

forthrightness, honesty, trut hfulness.

correctness, propriety, suita bility, tastefulness;

1.The quality or conditio n of being improper; inc orrectness. 2.inappropriateness; uns uitableness. 3.unseemliness; indecor ousness. 4.an erroneous or unsuit able expression, act, etc. 5.an improper use of a w ord or phrase.
Albeit: Dispose :
place, order; deal with;

although; even if: a peaceful, albeit brief retirement.

actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, arra y, bend,bias, call the tune, condition, determine,distribute, fix, govern, gr oup, incline, induce,influence, lay do wn the law, lead, locate, makewilling, marshal, methodize, motivate, move ,organize, predispose, prepare, prom ote, prompt,put, put one's foot down , put to rights, range,rank, read the r iot act, regulate, ride herd on,set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sw ay,systematize, tailor, tempt; disproportionate, dizzying, exorbitant ,extortionate, extreme, gratuitous, i mmoderate,intemperate, irrational, o utrageous,overindulgent, overmuch, preposterous,supererogatory, superfl uous, surplus, too much,towering, uncalledfor, unconscionable,uncurbed, undue , unmeasurable, unreasonable,unrest rained, untempered, unwarranted, w anton,wasteful. accommodating, acquiescent, adapta disarrange, disorder, displac e, disturb, mismanage.

Inordinate: Excessive; extravagant;

not within proper or rea sonable limits; immode rate;excessive: He dran k an inordinate amount of wine.

moderate, ok enough, reaso nable, warranted;

not regulated; irregular: i nordinate hours. disorderly; uncontrolled.

Docile:

determined, headstrong, infl

compliant, submissive;

easily managed or handl ed; tractable: a docile ho rse. readily trained or taught; teachable.

Huddled:
meet, discuss;

to gather or crowd together in a close mass.

Implores: beg;

ble,agreeable, amenable, biddable, c hildlike,complacent, cool, docious, du ctile, easilyinfluenced, easy, easygoin g, gentle, governable,humble, laidback, manageable, meek, mellow,mil d, obedient, obliging, orderly, pliable, pliant,quiet, resigned, soft, tame, te achable, tractable,usable, weakkneed, well-behaved, willing,yielding; bunch, cluster, confer, consult, conve rge,crouch, crowd, cuddle, curl up, dr aw together,flock, gather, herd, hug, hunch up, mass, nestle,parley, pow wow, press, press close, snuggle,

exible, intractable,obstinate, opinionated, stubborn, uncoo perative,unyielding;

cancel.

throng.

to beg urgently or piteou sly, as for aid or mercy; beseech;entreat: They im plored him to go. to beg urgently or piteou sly for (aid, mercy, pard on, etc.):implore forgive ness.
appeal: request;

appeal, beseech, conjure, crave, entr eat, go onbended knee, importune, plead, pray, solicit,supplicate, urge.

Answer.

Indigenous : (Indigent)
native, inborn

originating in and charac teristic of a particular re gion orcountry; native (o ften followed by to ): the plants indigenousto Can ada; the indigenous peo ples of southern Africa. innate; inherent; natural (usually followed by to ) : feelingsindigenous to h uman beings.
Ingenious: Intelligent;
clever; brilliant;

address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg,beseech, bid, call, call upon, clai m, contest,crave, demand, entreat, h it on, implore ,importune, petition, p lead, pray, propose,proposition, ques tion, refer, require, resort to,solicit, s trike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge. complete, connate, connatural, consti tutional,inbred, indigenous, indwellin g, ingrained,inherent, inherited, innat e, intrinsic, inveterate,latent, native, natural, thorough, unacquired,utter.

deny, disclaim, recall, refuse , renounce, retract, revoke.

Contracted, foreign, alien;

characterized by clevernes s or originality of inventio

able, adroit, artistic, bright, canny, cr afty,creative, cunning, deviceful, dex terous, gifted,imaginative, innovation al, innovative, innovatory,intelligent,

awkward, dumb, ignorant, in competent, inept,stupid;

n orconstruction: an ingeni ous machine. cleverly inventive or resou rceful: an ingenious press agent Obsolete . intelligent; showing genius .ingenuous. Igeminate :

inventive, original, ready, resourceful ,shrewd, skillful, sly, subtle.

(ingenious is 'clever, brillia

nt'; ingenuous is'frank, ca ndid' or 'nave');

Iterate; Reiterate; Do again

iterate means 'do or say so mething again' andreiterate is the result of the erroneo us additionof a redundant pr efix; iterate is used more for repeated actions like mathe matical functions andreiterat e tends to be used for things one says