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Amenable

1) Receptive to suggestions or criticism


Synonyms: acquiescent, agreeable, flexible, open, pliable,


responsive, willing


Antonyms: disagreeable, intractable, nonconforming, rebellious,


stubborn, uncooperative, unwilling, unyielding


2) responsible for something legally


Synonyms: accountable, answerable, bound, obligated


Antonyms: unaccountable, unanswerable

Bizarre

Strikingly unconventional or peculiar add to taste, style, or appearance


Synonyms: eccentric, fanciful, grotesque, odd, strange, weird


Antonyms: customary, normal, ordinary, typical, usual

Bulwark

1) a defensive wall or fortification; any safeguard or defense


Synonyms: bastion, parapet, rampart


Antonyms: entrance


2) to fortify with a bulwark; to protect


Synonyms: buttress, defend, safeguard


Antonyms: attack, enfeeble, expose, weaken

Cabal

A small group of highly placed people united for a secret and often sinister purpose; the plots of such a group


Synonyms: faction, gang, junto; conspiracy, intrigue, navigation

Caricature

A picture or description in which the characteristic features of the original are exaggerated or disk is so as to produce an absurd effect


Synonyms: burlesque, parody, satire, travesty

Fiasco

A complete and often ridiculous failure


Synonyms: blunder, fizzle (informal), nonsuccess, washout(informal)


Antonyms: achievement, attainment, success

Garnished

Added to fire decoration or interest


Synonyms: adorned, beautified, decked, decorated, embellished, ornamented


Antonyms: disfeatured, disfigured, disfurnished, marred

Glib

1) spoken casually without thought


Synonyms: breezy, careless, frivolous, offhanded, thoughtless,


unconcerned


Antonyms: meaningful, profound, thoughtful


2) smoothly spoken, often characterized by insincerity


Synonyms: fluent, convincing, persuasive, slick


Antonyms: honest, trustworthy, forthright

Jaded

1) cynical from overexposure to something


Synonyms: bored, disenchanted, disinterested, weary


Antonyms: passionate, enthusiastic, interested


2) work out from use


Synonyms: burned out, exhausted, hackneyed, lackluster, tired,


weary


Antonyms: fresh, lively, new, renewed

Prowess

1) bravery


Synonyms: courage, daring, gallantry, heroism, valor


Antonyms: inadequacy, incapability, inefficiency


2) superior skill


Synonyms: aptitude, competency, dexterity, expertise, knack,


proficiency, talent


Antonyms: advancement, maturity

Rudiments

Basic principles first learned about a subject


Synonyms: basis, cornerstone, foundation, root


Antonyms: advancement, maturity

Whimsical

Characterized by erratic behavior or unpredictability; odd, freakish


Synonyms: capricious, eccentric, fanciful, impulsive, playful


Antonyms: constant, dependable, expected, reliable, steady, sure

Ante-

Before

Eu-

Good,well

Retro-

Backward, behind

Syn-

With, together

ART

Art, skill, craft

CLKAM, CLAIM

To cry out

PHYSI

Nature

RUPT

To break

-id, -ile, -ine, -ish

Like, pertaining to

-ism

State, quality, act of

-ly(1)

Like, having the quality of

-ly(2)

I'm the manner of