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Muddle
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1. Muddle
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verb - to mess up or make confusing
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Synonyms
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jumble, mess
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Antonyms
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order, clarify
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E.g.
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Not eating properly can muddle a person’s
thought processes.
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2. Innocuous
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adjective - not harmful or offensive
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Synonyms
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innocent,
harmless
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Antonyms
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harmful, deadly
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E.g.
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Because the virus
was innocuous, the hospital staff had no need to worry about the leak.
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3. Pittance
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noun - a tiny amount of something
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Synonyms
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mite, allowance
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Antonyms
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generosity, lot
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E.g.
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The housekeeper was unable to pay her bills
with the pittance her employers paid her.
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4. Evoke
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verb - to bring a feeling, a memory or an
image into your mind
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Synonyms
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elicit, induce,
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Antonyms
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halt, quell
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E.g.
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This book was
apparently designed to evoke an interest in ancient sculpture.
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5. Interpolate
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verb - to change something by adding
material to it
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Synonyms
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introduce, insert
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Antonyms
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delete, erase
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E.g.
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Today many singers interpolatetheir own
words and music into classic songs in order to create new tunes.
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6. Palliate
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verb - to get rid of or alleviate
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Synonyms
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mitigate, relieve
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Antonyms
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condemn, accuse
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E.g.
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The government
believes stimulus checks will palliate some of the country’s economic issues.
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. Lexicon
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noun - terminologies geared to a particular
topic or specific group of people
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Synonyms
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dictionary, vocabulary
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E.g.
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It is hard to understand what teenagers say
because their lexicon is constantly changing.
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8. Unfeigned
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adjective - real; not pretense
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Synonyms
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sincere, genuine
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Antonyms
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insincere, artificial
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E.g.
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Most reality shows are scripted and are not
unfeigned.
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9. Amenable
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adjective - willing to comply or cooperate
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Synonyms
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compliant, manageable
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Antonyms
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defiant, disobedient
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E.g.
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Is this contract
set in stone or is itamenable to change?
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10. Cognition
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noun - the mental courses by which one
obtains knowledge through experiences and thoughts
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Synonyms
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knowledge, comprehension
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Antonyms
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ignorance, unawareness
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E.g.
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In order to process the environment for
information, humans often go through several methods
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