GIVING ASSISTANCE OR SUPPORT; A HELPER, AID. SYNONYMS: ADDITIONAL, BACK-UP RESERVE, ACCESSORY. ANTONYMS: MAIN, PRIMARY, PRINCIPAL

FRANK, SINCERE; IMPARTIAL; IMPOSED. SYNONYMS: FORTHRIGHT, PLAINSPOKEN, UNBIASED. ANTONYMS: INSINCERE, ARTFUL

A SMALL ROOM OR COMPARTMENT. SYNONYMS: ENCLOSURE, HOLE-IN-THE-WALL. ANTONYMS: VAST HALL, AUDITORIUM

WORK THAT IS HARD AND TIRESOME. SYNONYMS: TOIL, LABOR, GRIND. ANTONYMS: PLAY, FROLIC, AMUSEMENT, RECREATION, FUN

A REPRESENTATIVE OR MESSENGER (AS OF A GOVERNMENT). SYNONYMS: AGENT, AMBASSADOR, EMISSARY, MINISTER

TO ELEVATE; TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY. SYNONYMS: CLIMB, RAISE, ASCEND, MOUNT. ANTONYMS; DECREASE, LESSEN, DESCEND, DEFUSE

A MEANS TO AN END; ADVANTAGEOUS, USEFUL. SYNONYMS: CONTRIVANCE, DEVICE, SERVICEABLE. ANTONYMS: INCOVENIENT, UNTIMELY, DISADVANTAGEOUS.

TO PRETEND. SYNONYMS: FAKE, SHAM, AFFECT, SIMULATE

A NATURAL QUALITY, TALENT, OR SKILL; A DISTINCTIVE STYLE. SYNONYMS: APTITUDE, BENT, KNACK, GIFT, STYLE, PANACHE. ANTONYMS: INABILITY, INCAPACITY

CAUSING SORROW OR PAIN; SERIOUS. SYNONYMS: PAINFUL, HEARTRENDING, ONEROUS, FLAGRANT ANTONYMS: JOYFUL, UPLIFTING, CHEERY, UPBEAT, COMFORTING

COMPOSED OF DIFFERENT KINDS, DIVERSE. SYNONYMS: MISCELLANEOUS, MIXED, VARIEGATED. ANTONYMS: UNIFORM, HOMOGENOUS, OF A PIECE

A VAST NUMBER (AS OF PEOPLE); A THRONG. SYNONYMS: CROWD, MASS, MULTITUDE, HOST, SWARM. ANTONYMS: FEW, HANDFUL

TO FORCE, DRIVE FOWARD. SYNONYMS: URGE, PUSH, SPUR, PROPEL, INCITE. ANTONYMS: DISCOURAGE, CHECK, RESTRAIN, CURB

DISBELIEVING, SKEPTICAL. SYNONYMS: DUBIOUS, MISTRUSTFUL, DOUBTING. ANTONYMS: BELIEVING, TRUSTFUL, GULLIBLE

TO WRITE OR ENGRAVE; TO ENTER A NAME ON A LIST. SYNONYMS: IMPRINT, ENROLL, ENLIST. ANTONUMS: ERASE, RUB OUT, DELETE, EFFACE, OBILERATE

A SPEECH BY ONE ACTOR; A LONG TALK BY ONE PERSON. SYNONYMS: SOLILOQUY, RECITATION. ANTONYMS: DIALOGUE, CONVERSATION, COLLOQUY

A FORECAST OF THE PROBABLE COURSE AND OUTCOME OF A DISEASE OR SITUATION. SYNONYMS: PREDICTION, PROJECTION

WITH A HARSH, GRATING SOUND; A HARSH SOUND. SYNONYMS: SCRATCHY, SCRAPING, ABRASIVE, GRAVELLY. ANTONYMS: SONOROUS, SMOOTH, SATINY, SILKY, MELLOW

OFFENSIVE, DISAGREEABLE, DISTASTEFUL. SYNONYMS: HATEFUL, ODIOUS, REVOLTING, REPULSIVE. ANTONYMS: PLEASING, ATTRACTIVE, TEMPTING, WHOLESOME

TO SINK A SHIP BY CUTTING HOLES IN IT; TO GET RID OF SOMETHING IN A DECISIVE WAY; T RUN HASTILY. SYNONYMS: ABANDON, DISCARD, SCRAP, DITCH, DUMP. ANTONYMS: KEEP AFLOAT, SALVAGE, RESCUE, PRESERVE