_ pseudonym (n) pen name ( pseudo- fake + onoma name) Synonyms: alias, anonym _ fallacious (adj) deceptive; false ( fallacia deceit + -ious full of ) Synonyms: delusory, erroneous _ rapacious (adj) greedy; ravenous (rapere seize + -ious full of ) Synonyms: ravenous, covetous _ strategem (n) a deceitful scheme (strategos army general) The teenager devised an elaborate strategem to escape his parents’ curfew. Synonyms: ploy, gimmick, ruse, subterfuge _ surreptitious (adj) deceptive; sneaky (sub- secretly + rapere seize) The surreptitious movements of the lion lured the gazelle into a trap. Synonyms: covert, furtive, stealthy Antonyms: honest, trustworthy, overt _ stealth (n) sneakiness; ability to avoid detection The “stealth bomber” is so effective because it is undetectable by most radars. Synonyms: furtiveness, covertness Antonyms: perceptible, observable _ melancholy (adj) sad, depressed (melan- black + choler bile) She has been so melancholy ever since she broke up with her boyfriend; sometimes she stays in her room all day. Synonyms: morose, despondent, disconsolate, sullen Antonyms: blithe, buoyant, sanguine _ recalcitrant (adj) stubbornly resistant to authority (re- back + calcitrare kick) Christine is a talented volleyball player, but she’s so recalcitrant that our coach often keeps her on the bench. Synonyms: refractory, intractable Antonyms: compliant, docile, tractable, obsequious, obeisant _ lethargic (adj) sluggish; dully apathetic snail After three weeks of factoring polynomials, my entire class became lethargic; we were bored to death! Synonyms: languorous, phlegmatic, torpid Antonyms: vigorous, vibrant, hale, spry _ animosity (n) hostility, ill-will (animosus bold) Synonyms: malevolence, antagonism, invidiousness _ pusillanimous (adj) cowardly (pusillus weak + anima spirit) Synonyms: timorous, craven, dastardly _ magnanimous (adj) noble of heart, generous, forgiving (magna- great + anima mind) Synonyms: philanthropic, altruistic, merciful _ dormant (adj) inactive, sleeping (dormire sleep) Synonyms: inert, fallow _ unanimous (adj) in full agreement (un- one + anima mind) Synonyms: concordant, concerted _ uniform (adj) unvarying, always the same (un- one + forma form) Synonym: homogeneous
Synonyms: alias, anonym
_ fallacious (adj) deceptive; false ( fallacia deceit + -ious full of )
Synonyms: delusory, erroneous
_ rapacious (adj) greedy; ravenous (rapere seize + -ious full of )
Synonyms: ravenous, covetous
_ strategem (n) a deceitful scheme (strategos army general)
The teenager devised an elaborate strategem to escape his parents’ curfew.
Synonyms: ploy, gimmick, ruse, subterfuge
_ surreptitious (adj) deceptive; sneaky (sub- secretly + rapere seize)
The surreptitious movements of the lion lured the gazelle into a trap.
Synonyms: covert, furtive, stealthy Antonyms: honest, trustworthy, overt
_ stealth (n) sneakiness; ability to avoid detection
The “stealth bomber” is so effective because it is undetectable by most radars.
Synonyms: furtiveness, covertness Antonyms: perceptible, observable
_ melancholy (adj) sad, depressed (melan- black + choler bile)
She has been so melancholy ever since she broke up with her boyfriend; sometimes she stays in her room all day.
Synonyms: morose, despondent, disconsolate, sullen Antonyms: blithe, buoyant, sanguine
_ recalcitrant (adj) stubbornly resistant to authority (re- back + calcitrare kick)
Christine is a talented volleyball player, but she’s so recalcitrant that our coach often keeps her on the bench.
Synonyms: refractory, intractable Antonyms: compliant, docile, tractable, obsequious, obeisant
_ lethargic (adj) sluggish; dully apathetic snail
After three weeks of factoring polynomials, my entire class became lethargic; we were bored to death!
Synonyms: languorous, phlegmatic, torpid Antonyms: vigorous, vibrant, hale, spry
_ animosity (n) hostility, ill-will (animosus bold)
Synonyms: malevolence, antagonism, invidiousness
_ pusillanimous (adj) cowardly (pusillus weak + anima spirit)
Synonyms: timorous, craven, dastardly
_ magnanimous (adj) noble of heart, generous, forgiving (magna- great + anima mind)
Synonyms: philanthropic, altruistic, merciful
_ dormant (adj) inactive, sleeping (dormire sleep)
Synonyms: inert, fallow
_ unanimous (adj) in full agreement (un- one + anima mind)
Synonyms: concordant, concerted
_ uniform (adj) unvarying, always the same (un- one + forma form)
Synonym: homogeneous