auxiliary someone second in command is an auxiliary to the person in charge
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auxiliary
Someone second in command is an auxiliary to the person in
charge.
Adj – giving assistance or support
N – a helperSyn – additional, back up, reserve
Ant – main, primary, principal
candid
It is safe to be candid about our faults with friends and loved ones.
Adj – frank, sincere, impartial
Syn – forthright, plainspoken, unbiased
Ant – insincere, evasive, misleading
cubicle
The tiniest cubicle is usually assigned to the newest employee.
N – a small room or compartment
Syn – enclosure, hole=in-the=wall
Ant – vast hall, auditorium
Drudgery
Trade unions lobby to relieve the endless drudgery of factory
workers.
N – work that is hard and tiresome
Syn – toil, labor, grind
Ant – play, frolic, amusement, recreation, fun
Envoy
On more than one occasion, a former President has been asked to act as a special envoy to the United Nations.
N – a representative or messenger
Syn == agent, ambassador, minister, emissary
escalate
A small dispute can escalate into a major conflict unless the opposing
parties sit down and talk.
V – to elevate; to increase in intensity
Syn – climb, raise, ascend, mount
Ant – decrease, lessen, descend, defuse
Expedient
As an expedient, we chose to use a rock as a makeshift hammer.
N – a means to an endadj – advantageous, useful
Syn – contrivance, device; serviceable
Ant – inconvenient, untimely, disadvantageous
feign
Children sometimes feign illness to avoid going to school.
V – to pretend
Syn – fake, sham, affect, simulate
flair
An opera singer needs a flair for the dramatic as well as a good
voice.
N – a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style
Syn – aptitude, bent, knack, gift, style, panache
Ant – inability, incapacity
grievous
Reporters should take careful notes when interviewing to avoid making grievous errors in print.
Adj – causing sorrow or pain;p serious
Syn – painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant
Ant – joyful, uplifting, cheery, upbeat, comforting
heterogeneous
Most college admissions officers actively seek a student body that is both talented and heterogeneous.
Adj – composed of different kinds, diverse
Syn – miscellaneous, mixed, variegated
Ant – uniform, homogeneous, of a piece
horde
When the doors opened, a horde of shoppers headed towards the
sales racks.
N – a vast number; a throng
Syn – crowd, mass, multitude, host, swarm
Ant – few, handful
impel
Hunger often impels people to leave their homes in search of
food.
V – to force, drive forward
Syn – urge, push, spur, propel, incite
Ant – discourage, check, restrain, curb
incredulous
When the testimony of a witness contradicts the evidence, you can
expect incredulous stares from the jury.
Adj – disbelieving, skeptical
Syn – dubious, mistrustful, doubting
Ant – believing, trustful, gullible
inscribe
The young man asked the jeweler to inscribe the lockets with his
fiancee’s name.
V – to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
Syn – imprint, enroll, enlist
Ant – erase, rub out, delete, efface, obliterate
monologue
By means of a monologue, a playwright shares a character’s private
thoughts with the audience.
N – a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
Syn – soliloquy, recitation
Ant – dialogue, conversation, colloquy
prognosis
Doctors are particularly happy to deeliver a prognosis of a speedy
recovery.
N – a forecast of the probably course and outcome of a disease
or situationSyn – prediction, projection
rasping
The rasping of metal scraping against metal sets my teeth on
edge.
Adj – with a harsh, grating soundn – a harsh sound
Syn – scratchy, scraping, abrasive
Ant – sonorous, smooth, satiny, silky, mellow
repugnant
Despite their repugnant lack of cleanliness, pigs are endearing to
many people.
Adj – offensive, disagreeable, distateful
Syn – hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive
Ant – pleasing, attractive, tempting, wholesome
scuttle
Pirates would not wish to scuttle a captured galleon before looting
its cargo.
V – to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a
decisive way; to run hastilyn – a pail
Syn – abandon, discard, scrap, dump
Ant – keep afloat, salvage, preserve