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abstruse

• difficult to understand

• easy to understand

• bad-tempered

• good-tempered

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

acerbic

• full of imagination

• lacking in imagination

• pleasing in taste, character, or tone

• sour or bitter in taste, character, or tone

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

affable

• wordy and boring

• brief and to the point

• easy and pleasant to speak to

• difficult to speak to

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

aloof

• close physically or emotionally

• distant physically or emotionally

• boisterous and disorderly

• quiet and orderly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

altruistic

• characterized by selflessness

• characterized by selfishness

• unreasonably irritable

• reasonably calm

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

assiduous

• morally attractive

• morally repulsive

• constant in application or attention

• neglectful in application or attention

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

audacity

• fearless daring

• fearful cowardice

• cheerfully confident

• somberly diffident

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

banal

• pleasingly unique and unpredictable

• drearily commonplace and predictable

• able to be proven false

• able to be proven true

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

benign

• suggestive of cheerful optimism

• suggestive of melancholy thoughtfulness

• having significant detrimental effect

• having little or no detrimental effect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

blithe

• worrisome and serious

• carefree and lighthearted

• showing sound judgement

• showing poor judgement

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4