Synonyms - September / 2009

1)      Choleric           = Hot Tempered, Irritate

2)      Waif                = Urchin, Abandoned Person

3)      Florid              = Ornate, Showy

4)      Servility           = Surrender

5)      Tepid               = Luke warm, Half hearted

6)      Melee              = Fight, Combat

7)      Aplomb           = Self-confidence, composure

8)      Mawkish         = Over emotional, weepy

9)      Voracious        = Hungry, eager, greedy

10)  Cliché              = Commonplace, Truism

11)  Pithy                = Strong

12)  Celibacy          = Chastity, State of not being married

13)  Retrograde      = Worsen, Move backward

14)  Foil                  = metal sheet, Layer of aluminum paper

15)  Chaste             = Pure, Modest

16)  Furtive             = Secret, Stealthy

17)  Paradox           = Contradiction

18)  Alacrity           = Eagerness, Readiness

19)  Remiss             = Careless

20)  Repartee          = Witty Report

21)  Mundane         = Normal

22)  Moribund        = Dying, Expiring

23)  Banal               = Stale, Common place, Usual

24)  Tarry                = Delay

25)  Misapprehension = Improper Understanding

26)  Cleft                = Split

27)  Virulent           = Poisonous, Dangerous

28)  Indulgent        = Obliging, Complaint

29)  Tantamount     = Equivalent

30)  Repudiate        = Reject, Deny, Renounce

31)  Reprobate        = Degenerate

32)  Acclivity         = an upward slope

33)  Baneful           = Destructive, Harmful

34)  Chide              = Scold

35)  Circuitous        = Indirect in action or language

36)  Churlish           = Brutish, Cruel, Rude

37)  Latitude          = Freedom, Liberty

38)  Jettison            = throw away, get rid of