1. ABRASIVE

ABRASIVE

• Causing irritation
• Syn: chafing, grating
• Ant: smooth, polished
• Poison ivy is abrasive and irritating.

2. ACCLIMATE

ACCLIMATE

• Adapt to a new climate
• Syn: accustom
• Ant: same, non-different
• Foreigners acclimated when they moved to the USA.

3. CHAGRIN

CHAGRIN

• Irritation or humiliation cause by disappointment
• Syn: vexation mortification
• Ant: exultation
• Chagrin humiliation spread throughout the city after the lost.

4. COMPLACENT

COMPLACENT

• Self-satisfied
• Syn: smug
• Ant: discontented
• When I saw my beautiful yard I was satisfied and complacent.

5. CONCUR

CONCUR

• To express agreement or approval
• Syn: agree, assent
• Ant: disagree, differ
• I concur and said I'd to my chores if she let me go out.

6. DEFAMATION

DEFAMATION

• Slander or libel
• Syn: vilification
• Ant: salute, tribute
• The defamation was because the famous person was being annoyed.

7. EXPLICATE

EXPLICATE

• To make clear, interpret
• Syn: elucidate
• Ant: confuse
• I had to explain to the judge and explicate that my defendant is innocent.

8. FRACAS

FRACAS

• Noisy quarrel or brawl
• Syn: row, altercation
• Ant: agreement, accord
• The fracas at the riot was a huge brawl.

9. GROTESQUE

GROTESQUE

• Unnatural
• Syn: fantastic,
• Ant: appealing
• The grotesque tree was unnatural.

10. PANDEMONIUM

PANDEMONIUM

• A wild roar,din,commotion
• Syn: chaos, bedlam
• Ant: orders calm
• All the noise and pandemonium that came from the rebels was crazy.

11. RAUCOUS

RAUCOUS

• Disagreeably harsh sounding
• Syn: boisterous
• Ant: placid
• The raucous hurricane was harsh sounding.

12. RECEPTIVE

RECEPTIVE

• Open and responsive to new ideas
• Syn: open-minded
• Ant: narrow-minded
• I was receptive and open-minded when the boos wanted to change the whole idea of the job.

13. RENOUNCE

RENOUNCE

• To resign or give up
• syn: repudiate
• Ant: retain
• I renounced and had to give up because I wasn't a good leader.

14. REPRESS

REPRESS

• To hold back
• Syn: subdue
• Ant: liberate
• I repressed when my friend held me back from getting into a fight.

15. RETICENT

RETICENT

• Not inclined to speak
• Syn: Taciturn
• Ant: talkative
• When I was guilty I was reticent to speak.

16. SAVORY

SAVORY

• Tasty, appetizing
• Syn: delectable
• Ant: distasteful
• The savory tasting pie my grandma makes is amazing.

17. SOMNOLENT

SOMNOLENT

• Sleepy, drozy
• Syn: groggy, soporific
• Ant: alert
• After a long day, I am somnolent and super sleepy.

18. VEHEMENT

VEHEMENT

• Intense, forceful
• Syn: emphatic
• Ant: apathetic
• The vehement rules my mom has keeps us behaved.

19. VOLUBLE

VOLUBLE

• Characterized by a ready flow of words
• Syn: loquacious
• Ant: uncommunicative
• Reporters are voluble.

20. ZEALOUS

ZEALOUS

• Eager, earnest, devoted
• Syn: ardent
• Ant: reluctant
• I was zealous and eager to present first in my class.