Saturday, June 28, 2008

Abaft

aft, astern, behind, rear

forward, front, ahead

Friday, June 27, 2008

Cling

adhere, grasp, persist, stick, cleave, embrace

release, let go, loosen

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Reveal

divulge, impart, unmask, unveil, discover, open, disclose, expose, show, confess, betray, uncover, inform, unfold, publish, announce, impart, explain, express

hide, conceal, cover, blind, mask, secrete, dodge, evade, deceive, disguise, delude, mystify

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Icy

cold, frigid, forbidding, frosty, frozen, polar, chilled, chilling, distant, cool, unemotional

fiery, torrid, warm, tropical, hot, passionate, ardent, fervent

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Thirst

desire, craving, hankering, longing, yearning

Monday, June 16, 2008

Elapse

expire, go away, pass, glide, vanish, lapse, intervene

remain, stay, stand still

Friday, June 13, 2008

Misapprehend

mistake, misunderstand, misjudge, misconceive, misinterpret

understand, interpret, perceive, comprehend

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Knack

skill, talent, experience, art, proficiency, dexterity, aptitude, facility, adeptness, faculty, expertness, ability

ineptitude, awkwardness, clumsiness, incompetence

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Quack

impostor, charlatan, mountebank, humbug, sophist, empiric, pretender, phony, fraud, counterfeiter, boaster, deceiver, faker, swindler, knave, cheat, rogue

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Lone

sole, alone, lonely, lonesome, solitary, unattached, secluded, apart, retired, deserted, unique, single, only

accompanied, together, joined, in company

Monday, June 9, 2008

Winding

twisting, sinuous, writhing, devious, bending, twining, meandering, turning, coiling, crooked, involuted, curving,

straight, plain, direct

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Identical

same, equal, coincident, indistinguishable, uniform, duplicate, alike, coalescent, one, equivalent, synonymous

unlike, different, distinct, diverse, separate, disparate, opposite

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Tiny

small, miniature, little, diminutive, minute, wee, microscopic,

large, great, big, huge, gigantic, enormous, vast, immense, mammoth, monstrous

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Precipitate

headlong, impetuous, rash, sudden, hasty, abrupt, hasten, accelerate, speed, quicken

deliberate, willful, intentional, retard, check, slow, moderate, delay, preclude

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Fume

fret, rave, rage, resent, bristle, bridle, seethe, storm, foam, chafe, bluster, curse, vaporize, smoke, fumigate, darken

calm, subside, reconcile, stifle

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Resign

quit, yield, vacate, surrender, eschew, renounce, retract, abdicate, relinquish, waive, forgo, abjure, abandon, withdraw, cede

assume, accept, stay, remain, receive