abate,subside,wane 1
abolish,annihilate,extinguish 2
absurd,foolish,silly,ridiculous 4
accidental,fortuitous,casual,incidental,adventitious 6
accompany,attend,escort,convoy 7
accurate,correct,exact 8
adapt,adjust,fit,suit,match 11
advance,promote,progress,proceed 14
affect,effect,influence 17
alien,foreigner 21
allot,assign,apportion 22
amaze,astonish,surprise 25
annoy,bother,irritate 29
apt,liable,prone 35
attach,add,affix,annex,fasten 42
banish,exile,deport 50
cause,reason,justification,ground 74
charge,accuse 78
coarse,gross,vulgar 88
commit,discharge,do 92
complicated,complex,intricate,involved,knotty 96
consider…(as)…,regard…as…,treat…as… 104
contemporary,contemporaneous 108
contract,condense,compress,constrict,shrink 109
convey,carry,bear,transport,transmit 112
convinces,persuades 113
correct,rectify,remedy,redress,reform,revise,amend 115
crash,smash,batter 119
creep,climb 120
cruel,brutal,inhumane,ruthless 122
cure,heal,remedy 124
current,prevalent,prevailing,rife 125
decry,disparage,depreciate,derogate,belittle,minimize,downgrade 130
degrade,abase,debase,demean,humble,humiliate 134
delay,defer,postpone,put off 135
deny,contradict 137
desire,wish,want 141
dexterous,adroit,deft,handy 145
dictatorial,authoritarian,dogmatic,doctrinaire,imperious,overbearing 146
disarray,confusion,disorder,chaos 150
disaster,calamity,catastrophe 151
dismay,appall,horrify 154
dispose,predispose,bias,incline 155
distribute,dispense,divide,allocate 158
dominant,predominant,paramount,preeminent 161
encounter,skirmish,brush 176
enormous,immense,huge,vast,colossal,titanic,tremendous 179
erase,expunge,efface,delete 184
evident,manifest,distinct,obvious,apparent,clear,plain 188
execute,kill,murder,assassinate,slay 191
expand,swell,distend,dilate 193
expectation,anticipation,hope,outlook,prospect 194
fertile,fruitful,prolific 203
fetch,bring,take 204
gaze,stare,glare 221
haggard,wasted,worn,careworn 231
implement,instrument,tool,appliance 247
incite,instigate,arouse 250
infer,deduce,conclude,judge,gather 255
inflexible,adamant,implacable,inexorable,obdurate 257
injure,harm,hurt,damage,impair,mar,spoil 259
innate,inborn,inbred,congenital,hereditary 261
intelligent,bright,brilliant,knowing,quick-witted,smart,intellectual 266
interfere,meddle,tamper 269
irritable,irascible 275
lure,entice,inveigle,decoy,tempt,seduce 292
malign,defame,traduce,vilify,asperse,slander,calumniate,libel 297
mend,fix,repair,patch 304
neutralize,negate,nullify,counteract 319
observe,keep,celebrate,commemorate,solemnize 324
obtain,get,procure,secure,acquire,gain,win,earn 326
offer,proffer,tender 328
pathetic,pitiful,pitiable,piteous,lamentable 339
permit,allow,let 343
polish,burnish,shine 351
ponder,meditate,deliberate,ruminate,mull,muse 352
prejudice,bias,partiality 357
presume,presuppose,postulate,posit,assume 359
pretend,feign,assume,affect 360
prevent,preclude,avert,obviate,forestall 361
profane,blasphemous,sacrilegious 364
prone,supine,prostrate,recumbent 366
provoke,incite,excite,stimulate,arouse,rouse,stir 370
recoil,blench,quail,shrink,flinch 382
relinquish,yield,resign,abandon,surrender,cede,waive,renounce 388
rescue,ransom save 391
restrain,curb,check,bridle,inhibit 394
reveal,expose,disclose,divulge,betray 395
ridicule,mock,taunt,twit,deride,gibe 397
sample,specimen,example 404
satiate,sate,cloy,glut,gorge,surfeit 405
save,rescue 406
save,preserve,keep,retain,reserve 407
scatter,disperse,dissipate,dispel 409
smell,scent,odor,aroma 423
strip,divest,denude,bare 437
testimony,affidavit,disposition,evidence 452
transform,transmute,convert 459
upset,overturn 469
urge,press,exhort,prod,prick 469
warn,caution,forewarn 480
yearn,long,pine,hanker,hunger,thirst 486
yield,relent,bow,defer,submit,capitulate,succumb 487