ANNEX

• (v.) To add to, attach: to incorporate;(n.) An attachment or addition
• syn: join, acquire, appropriate, procure

CLEAVE

• (v.) To cut or split open; to cling to
• syn: sever, halve, sunder, adhere, clasp

CORDIAL

• (adj.) in a friendly manner, hearty; cheery; (n.) A liqueur
• syn: hospitable, affable, warm, convivial
• ant: gruff, unfriendly, unsociable

CORNERSTONE

• (n)the starting point of a building; a fundmental principle or element
• syn: foundation, base, underpinning, support

DEBACLE

• (n.) an overwelming defeat, rout; a completecollapse or failure
• syn: disaster, fiasco, calamity
• ant: success, triumph, victory, coup

DEVITALIZE

• (v.) to make weak or lifeless
• syn: enfeeble, sap, enervate
• ant: enliven, stimulate, energize, excite

EMBROIL

• (v.) to involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion
• syn: entangle, ensnarl
• ant: disentangle, separate, disconnect

EXONERATE

• (v.) to clear from a charge or accusation
• syn: absolve, acquit, vindicate, exculpate
• ant: implicate, incriminate, inculpate

GLIB

• (adj.) Ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere
• syn: superficial, pat, oily, unctuous, facile
• ant: halting, tongue-tied, speechless, awkward

HAPHAZRDOUS

• (adj.) by chance; not planned; lacking order
• syn: random, accidental, slapdash
• ant: deliberate, purposeful, orderly, meticulous

IMPROVISE

• (v.) to compose or perform without preparation; to construct from available materials
• syn: ad-lib, play it by ear, wing it, extemporize
• ant: plan, rehearse, practice prepare

INCITE

• (v.) to rouse or stir up; urge on
• syn: spur, kindle, provoke, instigate, prompt
• ant: check, curb, impede, restrain, smother

INFLUX

• (n.) a coming in, inflow
• syn: inpouring, inrush, invasion
• ant: outpouring, exodus, departure

PALLOR

• (n.) an extreme or unnatural paleness
• syn: wanness, lividness, bloodlessness
• ant: flush, blush, rosiness, bloom

PEDIGREE

• (n.) a list of ancestors, family tree, the history or origins of something
• syn: lineage, ancestry, genealogy

PRECIPITOUS

• (adj.) very steep
• syn: sheer, abrupt, sharp
• ant: gradual, shallow, graded, incremental

PROFUSE

• (adj.) very abundant; given or flowing freely
• syn: extravagant, lavish, bounteous, plenteous
• ant: sparse, scanty, meager, insufficient

RECONCILE

• (v.) to restore to friendship; to settle; to resign (oneself)
• syn: unit, conciliate, mend fences
• ant: antagonize, alienate, drive a wedge betwe

SHACKLE

• (v.) to put into chains; (n., usually pl.) a chain, fetter
• syn: manacle, enslave, handcuffs, bonds, irons
• ant: free, unfetter, emancipate, liberate

THREADBARE

• (adj.) shabby, old and worn
• syn: frayed, seedy, ragged, shopworn, trite
• ant: luxurious, plush, costly, sumptuous

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