acme - (n.) the highest point
Synonyms: summit, top peak, pinnacle
Antonyms: low point, bottom, nadir
Synonyms: summit, top peak, pinnacle
Antonyms: low point, bottom, nadir
attribute - (n.) a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; (v.) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from
Synonyms: (n.) trait; (v.) ascribe
belittle - (v.) to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value
Synonyms: minimize, underrate, disparage
Antonyms: exaggerate, magnify, overestimate
convey - (v.) to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to
Synonyms: carry, send, impart
doctrine - (n.) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles
excise - (v.) to remove by cutting; (n.) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale or distribution of a commodity or service
Synonyms: (v.) cut out, delete, expunge
Antonyms: (v.) put in, insert, interpolate
exotic - (adj.) foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual
Synonyms: strange, alien, picturesque, colorful
Synonyms: strange, alien, picturesque, colorful
Antonyms: native, indigenous, familiar, commonplace
haggard - (adj.) thin, pale, and careworn as a result or worry or suffering; wild-looking
Synonyms: drawn, gaunt, wasted
Antonyms: healthy, glowing radiant, hale and hearty
jaunty - (adj.) lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance
Synonyms: unconcerned, lighthearted
Antonyms: downcast, dejected, glum
juncture - (n.) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time
Synonyms: union, seam, joint, turning point
menial - (adj.) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (n.) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks
Synonyms: (n.) underling, scullion, servant
Antonyms: (adj.) lofty, elevated; (n.) boss, master
parry - (v.) to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
predatory - (adj.) preying on, plundering, or piratical
Synonyms: looting, pillaging, ravenous, rapacious
ravage - (v.) to destroy, lay waste, ruin; (n.) ruinous damage, destruction
Synonyms: (v.) wreck, devastate
Antonym: (v.) spare
stance - (n.) a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue
Synonyms: posture, bearing
tawdry - (adj.) showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
Synonyms: loud, garish, gaudy, tacky, vulgar
Antonyms: refined, tasteful, subdued, muted
turncoat - (n.) a person who switches to an opposing side or party
Synonyms: traitor, quisling, deserter, renegade
Antonyms: loyalist, diehard
unassuming - (adj.) not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest
Antonyms: conceited, pretentious, self-important
wallow - (v.) to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance; (n.) a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse
Synonyms: (v.) delight in, bask in
waver - (v.) to move to and fro, become unsteady ; to show lack of firmness or decision
Synonyms: hesitate, falter
Antonyms: stand