Gradutate Record Exam

1. Damn(v): to declare (something) to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal; to condemn as a failure; to condemn as a failure; To bring about the failure of; ruin; To condemn to everlasting punishment or a similar fate; Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
Synonyms: abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, castigate, cast out, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, jinx, object to, objurgate, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear.
Antonyms: bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote.

2. Invective(n): an insulting or abusive word or expression; abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will; violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
Synonyms: accusation, berating, billingsgate, blame, blasphemy, castigation, censure, condemnation, contumely, denunciation, diatribe, epithet, jeremiad, obloquy, philippic, reproach, revilement, sarcasm, scurrility, tirade, tongue-lashing, vilification, vituperation.
Antonyms: compliment, flattery, praise.

3. Collusion(n): a secret agreement; a secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose; agreement on a secret plot.
Synonyms: bunco, complicity, connivance, conspiracy, craft, deceit, diddling, dodge, double-cross, flam, graft, guilt, gyp, intrigue, plot, racket, scam, scheme, trick, whitewash.

4. Halcyon(adj): calm; peaceful; rich; wealthy; prosperous; happy; joyful; carefree; marked by peace and prosperity.
Synonyms: balmy, bucolic, gentle, golden, happy, harmonious, palmy, pastoral, quiet, serene, soothing, still, sunny, tranquil, untroubled.

5. Deference(n): respectful or courteous regard; respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
Synonyms(adj): complacent, considerate, courteous, deferential, fawning, loyal, meek, modest, regardful, respectful, reverential, sycophantic, unctuous, venerative, worshiping, yielding.

6. Inchoate(adj): not yet completed or fully developed; not organized; lacking order; In an initial or early stage; Imperfectly formed or developed.
Synonyms: amorphous, elementary, embryonic, formless, immature, imperfect, inceptive, incipient, just begun, nascent, preliminary, rudimentary, shapeless, unfinished, unformed, unshaped.
Antonyms: developed, grown, mature.

7. Salubrious(adj): favorable to or promoting health; healthful; Conducive or favorable to health or well-being.
Synonyms: beneficial, good, healthful, healthy, hygienic, invigorating, salutary, sanitary, wholesome.
Antonyms: insalubrious, unhealthy, unwholesome.

8. Facetious(adj): not meant to be taken seriously or literally; lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing; Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive.
Synonyms: amusing, blithe, capering, clever, comic, comical, droll, dry, fanciful, farcical, flippant, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, indecorous, ironic, irreverent, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, not serious, playful, pleasant, punning, ridiculous, salty, sarcastic, satirical, smart, sportive, sprightly, waggish, whimsical, wisecracking, witty, wry.
Antonyms: formal, grave, serious, unfunny.

9. Hasty(adj): Characterized by speed; Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash; Easily angered; irritable; excessively quick.
Synonyms: abrupt, agile, brash, brief, brisk, careless, cursory, eager, expeditious, fast, fiery, fleet, fleeting, foolhardy, harefooted, headlong, heedless, hurried, ill-advised, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, incautious, inconsiderate, passing, perfunctory, precipitate, prompt, quick, quickened, quickie, rapid, rash, reckless, rushed, short, slambang, sudden, superficial, swift, thoughtless, urgent.
Antonyms: delayed, lazy, lingering, loitering, slow.

10. Irksome(adj):annoying; irritating; causing weariness or disgust; so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; vexed; uneasy.
Synonyms: aggravating, boring, bothersome, burdensome, irritating, tedious, tiresome, troublesome, troubling, vexing.

11. Diatribe(n): a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism; thunderous verbal attack.
Synonyms: abuse, castigation, denunciation, disputation, invective, jeremiad, objection, onslaught, philippic, reviling, screed, stricture, tirade, vituperation.
Antonyms: praise, recommendation.

12. Disintegrated(v): to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; to decay; to reduce to particles, fragments, or parts; break up or destroy the cohesion of; to lose cohesion or unity.

13. Ballad(n): a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing; a sentimental or romantic popular; a narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
Synonyms: carol, chant, ditty, serenade.


Analogies:

1. Sing: Ballad