Z

ZEAL: passion  ,  excitement

similar meanings:  ARDENCY     FERVOR      FIRE

Example:

1. Her zeal for making animal-testing illegal was making an impact the world over.

2. He became what he became as he had an enormous zeal for what he was doing.

3. She is pursuing her dreams with great zeal and passion.

W

1.WAVER: to fluctuate between choices

similar meanings: DITHER      FALTER      VACILLATE      OSCILLATE

Example:

1. Taran's intensity did not waver as he held her gaze.

2. Despite the changes, he did not waver from his plan to retire.

1. .

2.WHIMSICAL: acting in a fanciful  or  capricious manner

similar meanings: CAPRICIOUS      FRIVOLOUS      ERRATIC      FLIPPANT

Example:

1. It's just something whimsical I painted some time ago.

2. The whimsical music made me feel like a little kid again.

3 .The loose-fitting dress has a fun and whimsical quality that makes it perfect for outdoor parties.

V

1.VACILLATE: to sway physically , to be indecisive

similar meanings: FLUCTUATE     FALTER     OSCILLATE      DITHER     WAVER

2.VENERATE: to respect deeply

similar meanings:  HONOR     IDOLIZE     ADORE     REVERE

3.VERACITY: filled with truth and accuracy

similar meanings: CANDOR     EXACTITUDE      FIDELITY     PROBITY

4.VERBOSE: wordy

similar meanings: SUPERFLUOUS     LOQUACIOUS     PROLIX     LONG-WINDED

5.VEX: to annoy

similar meanings: EXASPERATE      BOTHER     CHAFE    NETTLE     IRK     PEEVE

6.VOLATILE: easily aroused  or  changeable 

similar meanings: CAPRICIOUS     INCONSTANT     MERCURIAL     ERRATIC
                           TEMPERAMENTAL

T

1.TACIT: done without using words

similar meanings: UNDECLARED     UNUTTERED     UNSAID      IMPLICIT

2.TACITURN: silent , not talkative

similar meanings: LACONIC     RETICENT

3.TIRADE: long,harsh speech  or  verbal attack

similar meanings:  DIATRIBE       FULMINATION     HARANGUE     VILIFICATION
                               OBLOQUY      REVILEMENT

4.TORPOR: extreme mental and sluggishness

similar meanings:  LANGUOR     APATHY

5.TRANSITORY: temporary , lasting a brief time

similar meanings: EPHEMERAL     MOMENTARY      FLEETING      IMPERMANENT

   

S

1.SATIATE: to satisfy fully or overindulge

similar meanings: CLOY      GLUT      SURFEIT      GORGE

2.SOPORIFIC: causing sleep  or  lethargic

similar meanings: SOMNOLENT     NARCOTIC     SLUMBEROUS      HYPNOTIC

3.SPECIOUS: deceptively attractive 

similar meanings: ILLUSORY     SOPHISTICAL     PLAUSIBLE     SPURIOUS  

4.STIGMA: a mark of shame or discredit

similar meanings: BLEMISH     TAINT     OPPROBRIUM       BLOT      STAIN

5.STOLID: unemotional , lacking sensitivity

similar meanings: APATHETIC     IMPASSIVE     UNCONCERNED      STOICAL  
                              PHLEGMATIC

6.SUBLIME: lofty  or  grand

similar meanings: AUGUST     REGAL     EXALTED     GLORIOUS     MAJESTIC
                              RESPLENDENT            NOBLE

R

1.RAREFY: to make thinner or sparser

similar meanings: ATTENUATE       THIN

2.REPUDIATE: to reject the validity of

similar meanings: RENOUNCE     DISOWN      DISAVOW     DISCLAIM

3.RETICENT: silent ,  reserved

similar meanings: UNDEMONSTRATIVE     INTROVERTED     STANDOFFISH  
                               LACONIC                          TACITURN

4.RHETORIC: effective writing  or  speaking

similar meanings:  ELOQUENCE     ORATORY
  

Q

QUIESCENT: motionless

similar meanings:  LATENT    DORMANT

P

1.PARADOX: a contradiction  or  dilemma

similar meanings:  INCONGRUITY         AMBIGUITY

2.PARAGON: model of excellence  or  perfection

similar meanings:  APOTHEOSIS      QUINTESSENCE      IDEAL

3.PEDANT: someone who shows off learning

4.PERFIDIOUS: willing to betray one's trust

similar meanings:  TREACHEROUS     FAITHLESS      TRAITOROUS       DISLOYAL

5.PERFUNCTORY: done in a routine way , indifferent

similar meanings: AUTOMATIC      MECHANICAL      APATHETIC

6.PERMEATE: to penetrate

similar meanings:  INFUSE      IMBUE      SUFFUSE

7.PHILANTHROPY: charity , a desire  or   effort to promote goodness

similar meanings:  ALTRUISM      HUMANITARIANISM

8.PLACATE: to soothe  or  pacify

similar meanings: CONCILIATE      APPEASE      MOLLIFY

9.PLASTIC: able to be molded ,  bent

similar meanings: ADAPTABLE     MALLEABLE      PLIANT      DUCTILE

10.PLETHORA: excess

similar meanings: OVER-ABUNDANCE     SUPERFLUITY     SURFEIT     GLUT

11.PRAGMATIC: practical as opposed to  idealistic

similar meanings: RATIONAL     REALISTIC

12.PRECIPITATE: to throw violently  or  bring about abruptly

similar meanings: HEADLONG     RECKLESS     IMPETUOUS      PROMPT
                              HURRIED          IMPULSIVE        HASTY           ABRUPT

13.PREVARICATE: to lie  or  deviate from the truth

similar meanings: EQUIVOCATE      PERJURE      LIE

14.PRISTINE: fresh and clean ,  uncorrupted

similar meanings: INNOCENT     UNDAMAGED

15.PRODIGAL: lavish ,  wasteful

similar meanings: EXTRAVAGANT     PROFLIGATE     SPENDTHRIFT    

16.PROLIFERATE: to increase in number quickly

similar meanings: PROPAGATE     REPRODUCE     PROCREATE     BREED

17.PROPITIATE: to conciliate ,  to appease

similar meanings: MOLLIFY     PLACATE      PACIFY

18.PROPRIETY: correct behaviour  ,  obedience to rules and customes

similar meanings: SEEMLINESS     DECORUM     MODESTY     DECENCY

19.PRUDENCE: wisdom ,  caution  or  restraint

similar meanings: JUDICIOUSNESS     CIRCUMSPECTION     FRUGALITY
                              PROVIDENCE           DISCRETION               ASTUTENESS

20.PUNGENT: sharp and irritating to the senses

similar meanings:  POIGNANT     STINGING     ACRID     PIQUANT






















 

O

1.OBDURATE: hardened in feeling , resistant to persuasion

similar meanings: TENACIOUS      INTRANSIGENT         RECALCITRANT  
                               UNYIELDING      

2.OBSEQUIOUS: overly submissive  and  eager to please

similar meanings: COMPLIANT      DEFERENTIAL      SERVILE      SUBSERVIENT

3.OBSTINATE:  stubborn , unyielding

similar meanings: INTRANSIGENT      TENACIOUS      PERTINACIOUS      MULISH

4.OBVIATE: to prevent , to make unnecessary

similar meanings: FORESTALL      PRECLUDE        PROHIBIT

5.OCCLUDE: to stop up , to prevent the passage of

similar meanings: BARRICADE     BLOCK      CLOSE       OBSTRUCT

6.ONEROUS: troublesome and oppressive , burdensome

similar meanings: BACKBREAKING         CUMBERSOME       LABORIOUS       HARD
                              FORMIDABLE                OPPRESSIVE           RIGOROUS
                              TAXING                             TRYING

7.OPAQUE: impossible to see through , preventing the passage of light

similar meanings:  OBSCURE

8.OPPROBRIUM: public disgrace

similar meanings:  DISCREDIT      IGNOMINY       INFAMY        OBLOQUY     SHAME
                               DISHONOR

9.OSTENTATION: excessive showiness

similar meanings: CONSPICUOUSNESS       PRETENTIOUSNESS        FLASHINESS

N

NAIVE: lacking sophistication  or  experience

similar meanings:  ARTLESS      CREDULOUS      GUILELESS        INGENUOUS
                               SIMPLE         UNAFFECTED    

M

1.MALINGER: to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

similar meanings: SLACK       SHIRK

2.MALLEABLE: capable of being shaped

similar meanings:  ADAPTABLE     DUCTILE     PLIABLE    PLIANT

3.METAPHOR: a symbol , a figure of speech comparing two different things

similar meanings: ANALOGY      COMPARISON

4.METICULOUS: extremely careful about details

similar meanings: CONSCIENTIOUS        SCRUPULOUS       PRECISE

5.MISANTHROPE: a person who dislike others

6.MITIGATE: to soften , to lessen

similar meanings: TEMPER      ALLEVIATE      ASSUAGE       LIGHTEN      EASE
                               PALLIATE                              MOLLIFY

7.MOLLIFY: to calm or make less severe

similar meanings:  APPEASE      CONCILIATE      PACIFY

8.MONOTONY: lack of variation

similar meanings: DRONE        TEDIUM

L

1.LACONIC: using few words

similar meanings: TACITURN       CONCISE      TERSE      PITHY      CURT

2.LAMENT: to express sorrow , to grieve

similar meanings: BEWAIL      DEPLORE      MOURN

3.LAUD: to give praise , to glorify

similar meanings: ACCLAIM      APPLAUD      COMMEND      COMPLIMENT  
                               EXALT          HAIL                EXTOL

4.LAVISH: to give unsparingly , extremely generous or extravagant

similar meanings: PRODIGAL       LUXURIANT        CONFER       BESTOW
                              PROFUSE          OPULENT              SUPERABUNDANT

5.LETHARGIC: slow , sluggish manner

similar meanings: LACKADAISICAL      LISTLESS      LANGUID      APATHETIC

6.LUCID: clear and easily understood

similar meanings: INTELLIGIBLE      COHERENT      LIMPID      EXPLICIT

7.LUMINOUS: bright , brilliant , glowing

similar meanings: INCANDESCENT     RADIANT      RESPLENDENT       LUCENT
                              LUSTROUS

I

1.ICONOCLAST: one who opposes established beliefs , customs and institutions

similar meanings: MAVERICK        NONCONFORMIST     REVOLUTIONARY

2.IMPERTURBABLE: not capable of being disturbed

similar meanings: DISPASSIONATE     SERENE     STOICAL      IMPASSIVE

3.IMPERVIOUS: impossible to penetrate

similar meanings: RESISTANT        IMPREGNABLE

4.IMPETUOUS: quick to act without thinking

similar meanings: IMPULSIVE      PRECIPITATE     RECKLESS      SPONTANEOUS

5.IMPLACABLE: unable to be calmed down  or  made peaceful

similar meanings:  REMORSELESS        INEXORABLE      INTRANSIGENT    
                               RELENTLESS            UNFORGIVING

6.INCHOATE: not fully formed , disorganized

similar meanings: AMORPHOUS      UNORGANIZED   INCOHERENT

7.INGENUOUS: showing innocence or childlike simplicity

similar meanings: ARTLESS        INNOCENT      GUILELESS     NAIVE

8.INIMICAL: hostile , unfriendly

similar meanings: RECALCITRANT     DISSIDENT     ANTAGONISTIC       ADVERSE

9.INNOCUOUS: harmless

similar meanings: BENIGN        INOFFENSIVE      

10.INSIPID: lacking interest  or   flavor

similar meanings:  BANAL      BLAND      STALE      VAPID      DULL  

11.INTRANSIGENT: uncompromising , refusing to be reconciled

similar meanings: IMPLACABLE      UNBENDING      INEXORABLE     IRRECONCILABLE
                              OBDURATE           UNRELENTING

12.INUNDATE:  to overwhelm , to cover with water

similar meanings: DELUGE       DROWN      ENGULF         FLOOD       SUBMERGE

13.IRASCIBLE: easily made angry

similar meanings:  CANTANKEROUS     ORNERY        TESTY      IRRITABLE

























   

H

HOMOGENEOUS: similar kind

similar meanings: CONSISTENT     UNIFORM     UNVARYING     STANDARDIZED

G

1.GARRULOUS: tending to talk a lot

similar meanings: LOQUACIOUS         EFFUSIVE

2.GREGARIOUS: outgoing , sociable

similar meanings:  CONGENIAL      COMMUNICATIVE       AFFABLE

3.GUILE: deceit or trickery

similar meanings: ARTIFICE    CHICANERY     CONNIVERY        DUPLICITY

4.GULLIBLE: easily deceived 

similar meanings: CREDULOUS       EXPLOITABLE       NAIVE
     

F

1.FANATICAL: acting excessively enthusiastic , filled with extreme

similar meanings: EXTREMIST      FIERY      ZEALOUS     FRENZIED

2.FAWN: to grovel

similar meanings: BOOT LICK     GROVEL      TOADY       PANDER

3.FERVID: intensely emotional , feverish

similar meanings: VEHEMENT     BURNING     IMPASSIONED         PASSIONATE

4.FLORID: excessively decorated  or   embellished

similar meanings: OSTENTATIOUS       FLAMBOYANT          BAROQUE      ROCOCO
                              ORNATE                     ELABORATE

5.FOMENT: to arouse or incite

similar meanings: IMPASSION       INSTIGATE      KINDLE      AGITATE       INFLAME

6.FRUGALITY: a tendency to be thrifty  or  cheap

similar meanings: PARSIMONY     PRUDENCE      ECONOMICAL       SPARING    

E

E.

1.ECLECTIC: selecting from or made up from variety of sources 

similar meanings: SELECTIVE      CATHOLIC       BROAD

2.EFFICACY: effectiveness

similar meanings: DYNAMISM      PROFICIENCY       STRENGTH        VIGOR
                              PRODUCTIVENESS                           FORCE

3.ELEGY: a sorrowful poem or speech

similar meanings:  DIRGE       LAMENT

4.ELOQUENT:  persuasive and moving , especially in speech

similar meanings:  ARTICULATE       EXPRESSIVE     MEANINGFUL      SIGNIFICANT

5.EMULATE: to copy , to try to equal or excel

similar meanings: APE        IMITATE        SIMULATE

6.ENERVATE: to reduce in strength

similar meanings:  DEBILITATE      WEAKEN       ENFEEBLE       SAP

7.ENGENDER: to produce , bring about

similar meanings: PROCREATE      GENERATE       PROLIFERATE     SPAWN
                              REPRODUCE      BEGET

8.ENIGMA: a puzzle , a mystery

similar meanings:  CONUNDRUM     PERPLEXITY

9.ENUMERATE: to count , list

similar meanings: CATALOG    INDEX        TABULATE

10.EPHEMERAL: lasting a short time

similar meanings: EVANESCENT     MOMENTARY      FLEETING     TRANSIENT

11.EQUIVOCATE: to use expressions of double meanings in order to mislead

similar meanings: AMBIGUOUS      EVASIVE       WAFFLING

12.ERRATIC: wandering , predictable

similar meanings: CAPRICIOUS     INCONSTANT     IRRESOLUTE      WHIMSICAL

13.ERUDITE: learned , scholarly  , bookish

similar meanings: SCHOLASTIC      WISE

14.ESOTERIC: known or understood by only a few

similar meanings: ABSTRUSE        ARCANE       OBSCURE

15.ESTIMABLE: admirable

similar meanings: COMMENDABLE     CREDITABLE     HONOURABLE     WORTHY
                               RESPECTABLE        VENERABLE      LAUDABLE

16.EULOGY: speech in praise of someone

similar meanings:  COMMEND      EXTOL    LAUD

17.EUPHEMISM: use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one 

similar meanings:  CIRCUMLOCUTION        WHITEWASH

18.EXACERBATE: to make worse

similar meanings:  ANNOY     AGGRAVATE      INTENSIFY     IRRITATE    PROVOKE

19.EXCULPATE: to clear from blame ,  prove innocent

similar meanings: EXONERATE       ABSOLVE      VINDICATE     ACQUIT

20.EXIGENT: urgent , required immediate action

similar meanings: CRITICAL      IMPERATIVE     NEEDED    

21.EXPLICIT: clearly stated or shown

similar meanings: CANDID     FRANK     UNEQUIVOCAL

D

D.

1.DECORUM: appropriateness of behaviour or conduct , propriety

similar meanings: CORRECTNESS       DECENCY       ETIQUETTE      SEEMLINESS
                              PROPRIETY              MORES           MANNERS

2.DEFERENCE: respect , courtesy

similar meanings:  OBEISANCE      VENERATION      REVERENCE      HOMAGE
                               RESPECT            HONOR

3.DERIDE: to speak of or treat with contempt ,  to mock

4.DERISIVE: in a  mocking manner

similar meanings:  SCOFF       SNEER      RIDICULE       TAUNT       JEER      GIBE

5.DESICCATE:  to dry out thoroughly

similar meanings: DRY      PARCH        DEHYDRATE

6.DESULTORY: jumping from one thing to another , disconnected

similar meanings:  HAPHAZARD       ERRATIC        OBJECT-LESS     PURPOSELESS
                               UNPLANNED        INDISCRIMINATE                     STRAY

7.DIATRIBE: an abusive , condemnatory speech

similar meanings: FULMINATION      HARANGUE     INVECTIVE        JEREMIAD
                              MALEDICTION      OBLOQUY        TIRADE

8.DIFFIDENT: lacking self confidence

similar meanings:  BACKWARD       BASHFUL    DEMURE      MODEST       COY
                               RETIRING           TIMID           SHY

9.DILATE:  to make larger , to expand

similar meanings:  AMPLIFY       ELABORATE       EXPATIATE        EXPAND       ENLARGE

10.DILATORY: intended to delay

similar meanings:  DRAGGING      FLAGGING       LAGGARD      LAGGING      SLOW
                               SLOW-FOOTED         SLOW-GOING         SLOW-PACED

11.DILETTANTE: someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

similar meanings:  AMATEUR      DABBLER     TYRO

12.DIRGE:  a mournful speech

similar meanings:  ELEGY        LAMENT

13.DISABUSE: to set right , to free from error

similar meanings: CORRECT       UNDECEIVE

14.DISCERN: to perceive , to recognize

similar meanings: GLIMPSE     DESCRY     CATCH      ESPY      DETECT

15.DISPARATE: fundamentally different , entirely unlike

similar meanings: DIVERGENT     DIVERSE       VARIANT      VARIOUS

16.DISSEMBLE: to present a false appearance 

similar meanings:  MASQUERADE      ASSUME     PRETEND       COUNTERFEIT
                              SIMULATE              DISSIMULATE                     CAMOUFLAGE

17.DISSONANCE: a harsh and disagreeable combination , often of sounds

similar meanings: FRICTION        DISSIDENCE       CONTENTION        CLASH
                              DISSENSION    VARIANCE         STRIFE

18.DOGMA: a firmly held opinion , often a religious belief

similar meanings:  CREED     DOCTRINE       TEACHING      TENET

19.DOGMATIC: dictatorial in one's opinion 

similar meanings:  AUTHORITARIAN         DOCTRINAIRE      MAGISTERIAL    
                              DOMINEERING               OVERBEARING        PEREMPTORY
                              BOSSY                                IMPERIOUS

20.DUPE: to deceive , a person who is easily deceived

similar meanings:  HOODWINK       HUMBUG       BEGUILE       COZEN          FOOL
                               DELUDE              MISLEAD       TRICK 

C

C.

1.CACOPHONY: harsh , jarring noise

similar meanings: DISCORD      CLAMOR      CHAOS      DISHARMONY     DIN

2.CANDID: impartial and honest in speech

similar meanings: DIRECT      FORTHRIGHT       SINCERE        UNDISGUISED
                              STRAIGHTFORWARD       FRANK      OPEN

3.CAPRICIOUS: changing one's mind quickly and often

similar meanings:  ARBITRARY       MERCURIAL      WHIMSICAL       INCONSTANT
                               WILLFUL             FICKLE               ERRATIC              RANDOM

4.CASTIGATE: to punish or criticize harshly

similar meanings:  ADMONISH       REPRIMAND       REPROACH      REPROVE  
                               CHASTISE         UPBRAID              SCOLD              TAX

5.CATALYST: something that brings about a change in something else

6.CAUSTIC: biting in wit

similar meanings:  ACERBIC      BITING     TRENCHANT     MORDANT

7.CHAOS: great disorder  or confusion

similar meanings:  MUDDLE      DISARRAY      SCRAMBLE      MESS       SNARL
                               TOPSY-TURVINESS              TURMOIL         JUMBLE
                               DISARRANGEMENT

8.CHAUVINIST: someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

similar meanings: PARTISAN

9.CHICANERY: deception by means of craft or guile

similar meanings:  ARTIFICE      CONNIVING      SHADINESS       SNEAKINESS  
                               SOPHISTRY       PETTIOGGERY        SUBTERFUGE
                               DEVIOUSNESS           MISREPRESENTATION

10.COGENT: convincing  and  well reasoned

similar meanings: CONVINCING       PERSUASIVE       SOUND      TELLING    VALID

11.CONDONE: to overlook , pardon , disregard

similar meanings:  EXCULPATE       EXCUSE     PARDON     REMIT

12.CONVOLUTED: intricate , complicated

similar meanings:  BYZANTINE     COMPLEX       ELABORATE      PERPLEXING  
                               TANGLED          KNOTTY         LABYRINTHINE

13.CORROBORATE: to provide supporting evidence

similar meanings:  AUTHENTICATE      SUBSTANTIATE       BEAR OUT    BUTTRESS
                               VALIDATE                 VERIFY

14.CREDULOUS: too trusting , gullible

similar meanings:  NAIVE       SUSCEPTIBLE      TRUSTING

15.CRESCENDO: steadily increasing volume or force










           

B

B.

1.BANAL: predictable , clichéd , boring

similar meanings: QUOTIDIAN       STEREOTYPIC       HACKNEYED       SHOP-WORN
                              INNOCUOUS      TIME-WORN          BROMIDIC           THREADBARE
                              JEJUNE                 WORN-OUT               PLATITUDINOUS

2.BOLSTER: to support , to prop up

similar meanings:  BRACE       BUTTRESS       UNDERPIN        UPHOLD       SUSTAIN

3.BOMBASTIC: pompous in speech and manner

similar meanings:  GRANDILOQUENT        MAGNILOQUENT       GRANDIOSE      BLOATED
                                DECLAMATORY            RHETORICAL              PRETENTIOUS

Top 200 GRE Words

                                   Top 200 GRE Words
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1. ABATE: to reduce in amount , degree or severity

  similar meanings:EBB    MODERATE    SUBSIDE    LAPSE     RELENT     WANE  
                                               LET UP     SLACKEN

2. ABSCOND: to leave secretly

similar meanings: FLEE        DECAMP          ESCAPE

3. ABSTAIN: to choose not to do something

similar meanings: FORBEAR       REFRAIN       WITHHOLD

4. ABYSS: an extremely deep hole

similar meaning: CHASM      VOID

5. ADULTERATE: to make impure

similar meanings: DOCTOR

6. ADVOCATE: to speak in favour of

similar meanings: BACK          CHAMPION         SUPPORT

7. AESTHETIC: concerning the appreciation of beauty

similar meanings:  ARTISTIC     TASTEFUL

8. AGGRANDIZE: to increase in power and reputation

similar meanings: AMPLIFY       APOTHEOSIZE       AUGMENT        DIGNIFY         SWELL
                             ENNOBLE       ENLARGE                MAGNIFY         GLORIFY        WAX

9. ALLEVIATE: to make more bearable

similar meaning: ALLAY      ASSUAGE      COMFORT      PALLIATE      MITIGATE    EASE

10. AMALGAMATE: to combine , to mix together

similar meanings: ADMIX       COMIX      INTERMIX     FUSE     MERGE     COMBINE
                              MINGLE    COMINGLE        INTERMINGLE

11. AMBIGUOUS: doubtful or uncertain

 similar meanings:  CLOUDY       OBSCURE      DUBIOUS        NEBULOUS         UNCLEAR
                                EQUIVOCAL            VAGUE

12. AMELIORATE: to make better , to improve

similar meanings:  AMEND         BETTER       IMPROVE     PACIFY        UPGRADE

13. ANACHRONISM: something out of place in time

similar meaning:  ARCHAISM          INCONGRUITY

14. ANALOGOUS: similar or alike in some way ,  equivalent to

similar meanings:  HOMOGENEOUS     CORRESPONDING      PARALLEL       SIMILAR

15. ANOMALY: deviation from what is normal

similar meanings:  ABERRANCE        ABERRATION       ABNORMALITY     DEVIANCE
                               IRREGULARITY       PRETERNATURALNESS

16. ANTAGONIZE: to annoy or provoke to anger

similar meanings:  CLASH     CONFLICT     IRRITATE       OPPOSE     PESTER     PROVOKE

17. ANTIPATHY: extreme  dislike

similar meanings: ANIMOSITY     ANIMUS      ANTAGONISM        AVERSION       ENMITY
                              REPELLENCE         ENMITY

18. APATHY: lack of interest or emotion

similar meaning:   COOLNESS        DISREGARD        IMPASSIVITY        LETHARGY
                               STOLIDITY        LASSITUDE         PHLEGM                INSENSIBILITY

19. ARBITRATE: to judge a dispute between two opposing parties

similar meanings:   ADJUDGE         DECIDE       REFEREE         DETERMINE         RULE

20. ARCHAIC: ancient , old fashioned

similar meanings:    ANTEDILUVIAN        BYGONE       OBSOLETE       OUTMODED    PASSE
                                PREHISTORIC             VINTAGE      DOWDY             FUSTY

21. ARDOR: intense and passionate feeling

similar meaning:    DEVOTION        ENTHUSIASM       FERVENCY       FERVIDITY       ZEAL
                                FERVOR             ZEALOUSNESS     PASSION            FIRE

22. ARTICULATE: able to speak clearly and expressively

similar meanings:   ELOQUENT        EXPRESSIVE      FLUENT       LUCID
                                SILVER-TONGUED                         SMOOTH-SPOKEN

23. ASSUAGE: to make something unpleasant less severe

similar meanings:  SWEETEN        SOOTHE      PROPITIATE     CONCILIATE        EASE
                               COMFORT        LIGHTEN    APPEASE           MITIGATE

24. ATTENTUATE:  to reduce in force or degree ,   to weaken

similar meanings:   DEBILITATE        DEVITALIZE       ENERVATE      ENFEEBLE       SAP
                                RAREFY               WEAKEN             UNNERVE       WATER

25. AUDACIOUS: fearless and daring

similar meanings:   ADVENTURESOME       METTLESOME       VENTURESOME        GAME
                                HEROIC                            ASSERTIVE             COURAGEOUS           STOUT
                                 VALOROUS                     VALIANT                 UNAFRAID

26. AUSTERE: severe or stern in appearance ,  undecorated

similar meanings:  BLEAK      DOUR      GRIM       HARSH       HARD       SEVERE