Tuesday, December 18, 2007

IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY

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WORD FAMILIES:

1) Careful

Chary
Circumspect
Conscientious
Discreet
Exacting
Fastidious
Gingerly
Heedful
Judicious
Meticulous
Provident
Prudent
Punctilious
Scrupulous
Scrutiny
Wary

2) Careless

culpable
felonious
indifferent
insouciant
lackadaisical
lax
negligent
perfunctory
rash
remiss
reprehensible
temerarious

3) To praise

Acclaim
Applaud
Commend
Eulogize
Exalt
Flatter
Hail
Laud
Panegyrize
Resound
Tout

4) To belittle

admonis
hassail
berate
calumniate
castigate
chastise
chide
decry
denigrate
denounce
disparage
Excoriate
Execrate
Flay
Lambaste
Malign
Reprimand
Reproach
Scold
Upbraid
Vilify

5) Haughty

Affected
Arrogant
Aristocratic
Audacious
Authoritarian
Autocratic
Condescending
Disdainful
Egotistical
Flippant
Flagrant
Imperious
Impertinent
Impudent
Insolent
Ostentatious
Pompous
Proud
Supercilious
Vainglorious

6) Humble

demure
diffident
indisposed
introverted
laconic
plebian
reluctant
restrained
reticent
subdued
subservient
taciturn
timid
timorous
unassuming
unpretentious
unostentatious

7) To calm or make better

Abate
Accede
Accommodate
Allay
Ameliorate
Appease
Assuage
Comply
Concede
Conciliate
Gratify
Mitigate
Mollify
Pacify
Palliate
Placate
Propitiate
Quell
satiate

8) To make worse or ruffle

alienate
antagonize
contradict
dispute
fend off
embitter
estrange
incense
infuriate
nettle
oppugn
opposere
buffrepel
repulse
snub

1 comment:

Unknown said...

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