Sunday, November 15, 2009

Thankful

grateful, gratified, contented, satisfied, beholden, pleased, appreciative

ungrateful, careless, forgetful, thankless, unsatisfied, insensible, unmindful, grumbling, faultfinding, critical, censorious, dissatisfied, morose, discontented

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Dissolve

melt, divide, render, thaw, evanesce, separate, disappear, disintegrate, disorganize, fade, vanish, destroy, evaporate,

concentrate, assemble, unite

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Fret

gnaw, gall, chafe, corrode, agitate, disturb, rub, anger, vex, annoy, worry, fidget

soothe, please, soften, comfort, calm, smooth, placate, heal, ignore

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Proximity

nearness, contiguity, propinquity, vicinity, neighborhood

distance, remoteness

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Kindle

ignite, arouse, stir, inflame, awaken, provoke, excite, light, incite, fire, stimulate, spur, animate

quench, discourage, douse, smother, suppress, stifle

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Ardent

passionate, eager, earnest, intense, enthusiastic, keen, warm, fervid

cold, lukewarm, indifferent

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Desire

longing, yearning, craving, wish, affection, ambition, zeal, eagerness, ardor, propensity, coveting, concupiscence, inclination

repulsion, disgust, dislike, opposition, aversion, distaste, antagonism, abhorrence, detestation

Focus

center, centrum, concentration, limelight, cynosure

(no antonyms listed)

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Courage

bravery,valor, fearlessness, intrepidity, boldness, firmness, fortitude, spirit, daring, hardihood, heroism, gallantry, mettle, pluck, determination, dauntlessness

cowardice, weakness, fear, timidity

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Identical

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

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

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

MIraculous

supernatural, wonderful, prodigious, marvelous, extraordinary, curious, spectacular, outstanding, unusual, surprising, stupendous, preternatural, wondrous, astonishing, incredible, unbelieveable, strange, bewildering, overwhelming, astounding, indescribable, amazing, inexpressible, inexplicable, unimaginable, fearful, stupefying, awesome

common, ordinary, usual, commonplace, everyday, unimportant, expected, prosaic, matter-of-fact, trivial, habitual, prevalent, general, customary, trifling, regular, frequent, familiar, petty, natural, formal, insignifigant, normal

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Mete

dole, distribute, allot, deal, divide, parcel, apportion, limit, award, share, inflict, dispense, measure, sort, assort, spread, classify

chance, hazard, scatter

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

work

labor, performance, achievement, task, accomplishment, deed, toil, action, job, profession, duty, office, function, calling, pursuit, business, product, drudgery, employment, production, exertion, occupation, perform, function, labor, operate, make, do, struggle, toil, achieve, react, act.

(there are no antonyms listed for work)

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Glamour

charm, fascination, allure, appeal, bewitchment, magic, enchantment, aura, spell, attraction

dullness, blandness, obscurity, lackluster