apposite (adj) appropriate; suitable; apt syn: relevant, pertinent, material ant: irrelevant,...
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Apposite (adj)Appropriate; suitable; apt
Syn: relevant, pertinent, material
Ant: irrelevant, immaterial, inappropriate
**appropriate
Augur (n) (v)(n) A prophet or seer; (v) to predict, foreshadow
Syn: (n)oracle; (v)bode
***I was in AWE at the ability of the augur to see future
Bilk (v)To defraud, cheat, or swindle; to evade payment of; to frustrate, thwart
Syn: dupe, cozen ***didn’t pay the bill
Charisma (n)The special personal magnetism that makes an individual exceptionally appealing to other people; a divinely bestowed gift or power
Syn: charm, mystique, appeal
**character
Debilitate (v)
To make weak or feeble
Syn: enervate, sap, exhaust, enfeeble
Ant: strengthen, fortify, invigorate
**need to rehabilitate
Execrable (adj)Utterly detestable, hateful, or abhorrent; extremely inferior
Syn: odious, abominable, reprehensible
Ant: commendable, praiseworthy, meritorious
**terrible; excrement
Impinge (v)
To strike against or collide with violently; to encroach or obtrude upon; to make an impression upon
Syn: horn in, affect
**infringe upon
Labyrinth (n)
A bewildering maze; any confusing or complicated situation
Syn: tangle, mystery, enigma
Niggardly (adj)
Stingy; meanly small or insufficient
Syn: tightfisted, penny-pinching
Ant: generous, bountiful, magnanimous
***beggarly
Pastiche (n)A dramatic, musical, or literary work made up of bits and pieces from other sources; a hodgepodge
Syn: medley, patchwork, mélange, potpourri
**pasta dish with lots of stuff
Precarious (adj)Very uncertain or unsure; dangerous or risky
Syn: perilous, dubious, ticklish
Ant: secure, sage, sturdy, firm **dangerous
Rapport (n)
A close and harmonious relationship
Syn: bond, tie, affinity, understanding
**rap with people with whom you have good rapport
Utilitarian (adj)
Stressing practicality over other considerations; relating to the belief that what is good or desirable is determined purely by its usefulness
Syn: practical, functional, pragmatic
Ant: nonfunctional, ornamental, decorative
**utility, useful
Vacuous (adj)Devoid of matter, substance, or meaning; lacking ideas or intelligence
Syn: inane, insipid, fatuous, void, empty
Ant: incisive, trenchant, perceptive, intelligent
**vacuum
Vagary (n)
An unpredictable, erratic, or seemingly purposeless action, occurrence, or notion
Syn: caprice, whim, quirk
Viable (adj)Capable of living or developing under normal circumstances
Syn: practicable, workable, feasible
Ant: impracticable, unworkable, unfeasible
**vida - life
Xenophobia (n)Undue or unreasonable fear, hatred, or contempt of foreigners or strangers or of what is foreign or strange
Syn: provinciality, parochialism, chauvinism
**phobia – fear of x men - outsiders
Zany (adj) (n)(adj)Clownish or funny in a crazy, bizarre, or ludicrous way; (n) one who plays the clown
**zany brainy, crazy