Ad Code

FIFTEEN THOUSAND SIGNIFICANT PHRASES - BY GRENVILLE KLEISER SCTION 2

 SECTION II


SIGNIFICANT PHRASES



A


abashed and ashamed


abhorrence and repulsion


abilities and attainments


abject and hopeless


ably and vigorously


abrupt and perilous


absolute and eternal


absorbed and occupied


abstinence and self-denial


abstract and metaphysical


absurd and impertinent


abundant and sustained


abuse and slander


accentual and rhythmic


accidental and temporary


accomplished and popular


accurate and illuminating


achievement and character


acquisition and possession


active and aggressive


actual and immediate


acute and painful


admirable and accomplished


adorned and amplified


adroitness and judgment


adventurous and prodigal


advice and assistance


affable and courteous


affectation and coquetry


affectionate and warm-hearted


affluent and exuberant


affright and abhorrence


agencies and influences


ages and generations


aggrandizement and plunder


agreeable and ingenuous


aggressive and sullen


aghast and incredulous


agility and briskness


agitate and control


agony and despair


aids and auxiliaries


aim and purpose


airy and frivolous


alarm and uneasiness


alert and unsparing


all and sundry


allegiance and fidelity


alone and undistracted


alterations and additions


amazement and admiration


ambiguity and disagreement


ambition and determination


amiable and unpretending


ample and admirable


amusing and clever


analytical and critical


anarchy and chaos


ancient and venerable


anecdote and reminiscence


anger and fury


anguish and hopelessness


animated and effective


anomalies and absurdities


antagonism and opposition


antipathies and distastes


antiquated and obsolete


anxiety and trepidation


apathy and torpor


apologetic and uneasy


appalling and devastating


apparent and palpable


appearance and surroundings


apprehensive and anxious


appropriate and eloquent


approve and admire


apt and novel


archness and vivacity       [archness = inappropriate playfulness]


ardent and aspiring


argument and inference


arid and unprofitable


arrangement and combination


arrogant and overbearing


artificial and elaborate


artistic and literary


artlessness and urbanity


ashamed and speechless


aspects and phases


aspiring and triumphal


assiduity and success


assimilated and combined


assuaged and pacified


astonished and curious


astound and perplex


athletic and nimble


atonement and forgiveness


atrocious and abominable


attacks and intrigues


attention and respect


attitudes and expressions


attractiveness and ability


audacity and skill


august and splendid


austere and icy


available and capable


avarice and cruelty


avidity and earnestness       [avidity = desire; craving]


awake and active


awe and reverence


awkwardness and crudity



B


babel and confusion


backbone and sinew


baffled and disappointed


balanced and forceful


barbarity and wickedness


bards and sages


base and unworthy


beam and blaze


bearing and address


beautiful and majestic


bedraggled and disappointed


befogged and stupefied


beliefs and practises


bellowing and shouting


benevolence and candor


benign and hopeful


bent and disposition


benumbed and powerless


bewildered and stupefied


bigots and blockheads


billing and cooing


birth and breeding


bite and sting


bits and scraps


bitter and disdainful


black and solitary


bland and ingenious


blasphemous and profane


bleak and unrelenting


blend and harmonize


blessing and benediction


blind and unreasoning


blundering and plundering


blurred and confused


bluster and vulgarity


boast and assertion


bold and haughty


bombast and egotism


bone and sinew


boundless and unlimited


bourgeois and snobbish


brag and chatter


bravado and cowardice


brave and chivalrous


breathless and reverential


brevity and condensation


bribery and corruption


brief and pithy


bright and vivacious


brilliancy and grace


brisk and enlivening


broad and deep


brooding and solemn


brutal and degrading


bulks and masses


bungling and trifling


businesslike and practicable


bustle and business



C


cajoled and bullied


calamity and sorrow


callous and impervious


calmness and composure


calumny and exaggeration

                   [calumny = maliciously lying to injure a reputation]


candor and kindness


cant and hypocrisy             [cant = hypocritically pious language]


capable and efficient


capacity and ability


capricious and unreasonable


career and occupation


cares and anxieties


carping and ungenerous


casual and transient


causes and circumstances


cautious and reticent


celebrated and praised


celerity and violence           [celerity = swiftness of action]


ceremony and splendor


certain and verifiable


chafe and exasperate


chagrin and despondency


chance and opportunity


change and variety


chaos and confusion


character and temperament


characteristic and complete


charges and insinuations


charm and perfection


chaste and refined


cheap and convenient


checked and thwarted


cheerfulness and gaiety


cherish and guard


chief and paramount


chilled and stiffened


choleric and sanguine        [choleric = easily angered; bad-tempered]

                             [sanguine = cheerfully confident; optimistic]


churlishness and violence    [churlish  = boorish or vulgar]


citation and allusion


civility and communicativeness


civilized and cultured


clamorous and wild


claptrap and platitude


clarity and straightforwardness


classical and perspicuous        [perspicuous = easy to understand]


clatter and clang


clear and decisive


cleverness and acuteness


clogged and dulled


clumsy and smudgy


coarse and grotesque


coaxed and threatened


coexistent and correlative


cogent and conclusive


cohesion and sequence


cold and unemotional


comely and vivacious


comfort and security


command and threaten


common and familiar


commotion and annoyance


compact and complete


comparison and discrimination


compass and power


competent and experienced


complaints and imprecations     [imprecation =  a curse]


complaisance and readiness


complete and permanent


complex and various


composure and gracefulness


comprehensive and accurate


compression and pregnancy


conceal and deny


conceit and impertinence


conceived and consummated


concentrated and intensified


conception and treatment


concern and wonder


concise and emphatic


concrete and definite


condemned and upbraided


conditions and limitations


confession and doubt


confidence and loyalty


confusion and dismay


congratulations and welcomings


connection and interdependence


conquered and transformed


conquest and acquisition


consciously and purposely


consistent and harmonious


conspicuous and impressive


conspired and contrived


constant and intimate


constructive and vital


contemn and decry                    [contemn = despise]


contempt and indignation


contentment and serenity


continuous and undeviating


contorted and fantastic


contradictions and inconsistencies


contrast and comparison


contrivance and disguise


conventional and limited


cool and indifferent


copiousness and vivacity


cordial and cheerful


corruption and decay


costly and gorgeous


counselor and guide


countless and indescribable


courage and endurance


courted and feted


courteous and sympathetic


coveted and deserved


coy and furtive


cramped and distorted


creative and inventive


credulity and ignorance


creeds and dogmas


crime and misdemeanor


crippled and maimed


crises and struggles


crisp and sparkling


critical and skeptical


crowded and jostled


crowned and sceptered


crude and primitive


cruel and rapacious


crumbling and shapeless


crushed and bewildered


cultured and refined


cumbrous and diffuse              [cumbrous = cumbersome]


cunning and cruelty


curious and inexpressible


curved and channeled


customs and manners


cynical and contemptuous



D


dangers and pitfalls


daring and resolute


dark and starless


dart and quiver


dashing and careless


dates and details


dazzled and confounded


debased and demoralized


debilitating and futile


decencies and restraints


deception and cruelty


decided and definite


declamation and delivery


decline and decay


deductions and inferences


deep and subtle


deface and injure


defame and tarnish


deference and concession


defiant and antagonistic


deficient and unskilled


definite and memorable


deft and offensive


degraded and dishonored


deliberate and effective


delicate and lambent         [lambent = effortlessly brilliant]


delight and consolation


delusion and trickery


demands and expectations


demeanor and conduct


demoralizing and enfeebling


denial and defense


dense and luminous


denunciations and censures


deplorable and baneful


depravity and frivolity


depressing and discouraging


depth and richness


derision and skepticism


described and classified


desecration and decay


designs and activities


desires and motives


desolation and wretchedness


despatch and resolution


desperation and defiance


despise and satirize


despoiled and destroyed


despondency and melancholy


despotism and coercion


destitution and misery


desultory and slipshod       [desultory = haphazardly; random]


detached and isolated


determined and courageous


detestable and intolerable


development and culture


devoted and unwavering


dictatorial and insolent


diction and pronunciation


differences and disputes


difficult and arduous


diffidence and constraint


diffuseness and warmth


dignified and austere


digressive and wanton


dilatory and hesitating     [dilatory = postpone or delay]


diligent and sedulous       [sedulous = persevering ]


dim and distant


din and traffic


directed and controlled


disagreeable and painful


disappointed and abashed


disapprobation and condemnation    [approbation = warm approval; praise]


disapproval and apprehension


discipline and development


discomfiture and degradation


disconcerted and dismayed


discontent and disquiet


discords and differences


discouraging and distressing


discovery and invention


discretion and moderation


disdain and mockery


disfigured and shapeless


disgrace and ruin


disgust and dismay


dishonor and ruin


disillusioned and ironical


disintegration and decay


disinterested and gracious


disjointed and voluble            [voluble = fluent]


dislike and disdain


dislocation and chaos


dismay and apprehension


dispirit and discourage


disposition and power


disquietude and uneasiness


dissolute and hateful


dissolve and disappear


distant and diverse


distended and distorted


distinctive and appropriate


distinguishing and differentiating


distress and humiliation


distrust and aversion


disturbed and anxious


diverging and contracting


docile and obedient


dogma and ritual


dominant and permanent


dormant and subdued


doubt and trepidation


dramatic and sensational


drastic and revolutionary


dread and terror


dreams and ambitions


dreariness and desolation


dregs and sediments


drill and discipline


driveling and childish


drollery and ridicule


drooping and disconsolate


dubious and dangerous


dull and spiritless


dumb and nerveless


dupe and victim


duplicity and equivocation


dust and oblivion


duties and difficulties


dwarfed and obscured


dwindle and disappear



E


eagerness and ecstasy


earnestness and animation


ease and lightness


ebb and flow


eclectic and assimilated


edifying and enchanting


education and skill


effective and competent


efficiency and success


egotism and bigotry


elaboration and display


elation and delight


elegance and gentility


elementary and simple


elevate and ennoble


eligibility and suitableness


elongated and narrow


eloquent and expressive


elusive and exquisite


embarrassed and concerned


embittered and despairing


embodiment and actualization


emerged and flowered


eminent and remarkable


emoluments and honors             [emoluments = compensation]


emotion and passion


emphasize and magnify


employment and profession


encouragement and stimulus


energy and activity


enfeebled and exhausted


enfold and enwrap


engulfed and buried


enjoyment and satisfaction


enlightenment and progress


enraptured and amazed


enriched and ennobled


enslave and dominate


enterprising and intelligent


entertaining and diverting


enthusiasm and zeal


enticing and alluring


entire and complete


environment and training


envy and despair


ephemeral and feeble         [ephemeral = markedly short-lived]


episodes and interludes


epithet and description


equality and solidarity


equity and justice


erratic and confused


errors and infirmities


essential and predominating


estimable and agreeable


eternal and sublime


ethical and religious


ever and anon


evident and manifest


exactitude and completeness


exaggerate and distort


exaltation and enthusiasm


examination and comparison


examples and models


exasperations and paroxysms   [paroxysms = outbursts of emotion or action]


excellent and worthy


exceptional and remarkable


excessive and unreasonable


excitable and irritable


exclusive and limited


excusable and justifiable


execration and defiance       [execration = curse]


exertion and excitement


exhaustion and fatigue


exhibition and display


exhilarating and beneficial


exigency and requirement      [exigency = urgent situation]


expansive and digressive


expediency and utility


expensive and unprofitable


experience and skill


experiment and explorations


expert and vigorous


explanation and elucidation


explore and examine


expressions and exclamations


expressive and effective


exquisite and powerful


extent and importance


extraordinary and unexpected


extravagant and grotesque


extreme and morbid


exuberant and infectious



F


fabulous and fabricated


facile and brilliant


facts and traditions


faculties and powers


faded and withered


failures and misadventures


faint and obscure


fair and impartial


faith and reverence


fallacy and danger


false and fugitive


fame and fortune


familiar and gracious


famous and foremost


fancies and sentiments


fanciful and chimerical       [chimerical = highly improbable]


fantastic and meretricious    [meretricious = plausible but false]


fascination and awe


fashion and frivolity


fastidious and exacting


fatigued and careworn


faults and delusions


favors and kindnesses


fear and bewilderment


feasible and practical


feebleness and folly


feeling and passion


felicitous and exquisite


ferocious and mercenary


fertility and vigor


fervor and simplicity


feverishly and furiously


fickle and uncertain


fidelity and zeal


fierce and menacing


fiery and controversial


final and irreversible


finish and completeness


firm and decisive


first and foremost


fitful and capricious


fitting and appropriate


fixity and finality


flaming and mendacious     [mendacious = lying; untruthful]


flare and flicker


flatness and insipidity


flattery and toadyism


flexible and spontaneous


flickering and ambiguous


flighty and impetuous


flippant and contemptuous


florid and healthy         [florid = ornate; flowery]


flotsam and jetsam


flow and fullness


flowery and figurative


fluctuating and transitory


fluency and flippancy


fluttering and restless


focus and concentrate


fogs and complications


foibles and follies


foiled and defeated


folly and indecorum


fools and underlings


force and effectiveness


formal and cold


formidable and profound


formlessness and exaggeration


fortitude and perseverance


foul and ominous


fragile and pale


fragments and morsels


fragrance and beauty


frailties and absurdities


frank and genial


free and independent


frequent and poignant


freshness and fragrance


fretful and timorous


friend and benefactor


frigid and pompous


frivolous and empty


froth and effervescence


frustrated and confounded


fuddled and contradictory


full and sonorous


fumbling and blundering


fuming and bustling


fun and satire


function and aim


fundamental and necessary


furrowed and ragged


furtive and illusive


fury and madness


fussing and fuming


futile and untrustworthy



G


gaiety and grace


gallant and proud


galling and humiliating


gaunt and ghastly


gay and genial


general and universal


generosity and prodigality


generous and humane


genial and refreshing


genius and reputation


gentle and amiable


genuine and infectious


germ and root


gesticulation and emphasis

                [gesticulation = deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture]


ghastly and inconceivable


gifts and graces


gigantic and portentous


glamour and fascination


glare and pretension


glib and loquacious           [loquacious = very talkative]


glitter and glamour


gloomy and morose


glorious and gorgeous


glowing and exaggerated


glum and grim


goodness and rectitude


goodwill and merriment


gorgeousness and splendor


gossiping and grumbling


govern and overrule


grace and dignity


gracious and generous


gradual and progressive


graft and dishonesty


grand and sublime


grandeur and massiveness


grandiose and oracular        [oracular = solemnly prophetic; obscure]


graphic and gorgeous


gratification and enjoyment


gratitude and generosity


gratuitous and ungracious


grave and stately


graveyards and solitudes


greatness and stability


greed and covetousness


grief and remorse


grim and sullen


grimaces and gesticulations


grope and fumble


grossness and brutality


grotesque and monstrous


grouped and combined


growth and development


guesses and fancies


guidance and inspiration


gush and hysteria


gusto and effect



H


habits and humors


habitual and intuitive


hackneyed and tawdry


haggard and pale


handsome and amiable


haphazard and dangerous


happiness and pleasantness


harass and pursue


hard and unsparing


hardships and indignities


harmony and beauty


harsh and austere


hasty and unwarranted


hateful and loathsome


haughtiness and arrogance


hauteur and disdain            [hauteur = arrogance]


hazard and peril


hazy and indefinite


headstrong and foolish


healthy and vigorous


hearth and shrine


heartless and hypocritical


heat and impatience


heaviness and weariness


hecklings and interruptions


hectic and pitiful


heretics and schismatics


heritage and privilege


heroism and wisdom


hesitation and irresolution


hideous and grotesque


high and conscientious


hilarity and mirth


hints and suggestions


history and tradition


hither and thither


hoarse and rumbling


hobbies and eccentricities


hollowness and unreality


holy and prayerful


homeliness and simplicity


honestly and confessedly


honors and emoluments         [emoluments = compensation]


hooted and mobbed


hopes and prospects


horror and ghastliness


hospitality and magnificence


hubbub and confusion


huge and unwieldy


humane and sympathetic


humility and devoutness


humors and singularities


hurry and bustle


hushed and still


husks and phantoms


hypocrisy and impudence



I


ideas and achievements


idle and presumptuous


ignoble and shabby


ignominy and misfortune


ignorance and superstition


illiterate and unfit


ill-tempered and unjust


illuminative and suggestive


illustrative and typical


images and impressions


imagination and memory


imbitter and exasperate


imitators and disciples


immature and unpromising


immediate and instantaneous


immensity and intricacy


imminent and terrible


immovable and unchangeable


impalpable and spiritual


impassioned and energetic


impatient and restless


imperfection and fallibility


imperil and destroy


imperious and ruthless         [imperious = arrogantly domineering]


impertinent and personal


impinging and inexorable


implacable and destructive


important and formidable


imposed and enforced


impossibilities and absurdities


impressible and plastic


improvement and progress


imprudent and thoughtless


impulse and indignation


inaccessible and audacious


inactive and supine


inadequate and misleading


inapplicable and alien


inarticulate and confused


inborn and native


incensed and alarmed


inchoate and tentative         [inchoate = imperfectly formed]


incoherent and inconclusive


incompetence and ignorance


incomplete and erroneous


incongruity and absurdity


inconvenient and troublesome


incorrigible and irrepressible


incredulous and mortified


indefatigable and irresistible


indefinite and vague


independent and democratic


indifference and brevity


indigence and obscurity


indignation and chagrin


indirectly and unconsciously


indispensable and irreplaceable


indistinct and misty


indolence and indifference


indomitable and dogged


indorsed and applauded


indulge and cherish


industrious and vigilant


ineffective and bungling


inert and uncertain


inevitable and assured


inexhaustible and indomitable


inexperienced and timid


infallible and disdainful


inference and suggestion


infinite and eternal


inflexible and unchanging


influence and authority


informed and competent


ingenious and eloquent


ingratitude and cruelty


inharmonious and irregular


injustice and inhumanity


innocence and fidelity


innuendo and suggestion


inopportune and futile


insanely and blindly


inscrutable and perplexing


insecurity and precariousness


insensibly and graciously


insignificant and transitory


insincere and worthless


insipid and silly


insistent and incongruous


insolence and absurdity


inspiring and animating


instant and momentous


instinctive and rational


insulted and thwarted


intangible and indefinable


integral and indestructible


integrity and honor


intelligence and insight


intense and overpowering


intentness and interest


interesting and engrossing


intimate and familiar


intolerant and bumptious     [bumptious = loudly assertive; pushy]


intractable and untameable


intricate and endless


intrusive and unmannerly


intuitive and axiomatic


invasion and aggression


invective and innuendo       [invective = abusive language]


investigation and research


invidious and painful        [invidious = rousing ill will, animosity]


inviolate and unscathed


invisible and silent


involuntary and automatic


irksome and distasteful


irrational and excessive


irregular and intermittent


irreligious and immoral


irremediable and eternal


irrepressible and insistent


irreverence and ingratitude


irritable and churlish        [churlish = boorish or vulgar]


isolated and detached



J


jabber and chatter


jagged and multifarious


jargon and absurdity


jaundiced and jealous


jeer and scoff


jeopardy and instability


jests and sarcasms


jocular and vivacious


jostle and stumble


joy and felicity


jubilant and boastful


judgment and discretion


judicious and acute


juggled and manipulated


jumble and confuse


juncture and circumstance


jurisdiction and authority


justice and virtue


juvenile and budding



K


keen and pertinacious      [pertinacious = stubbornly persistent]


kind and forbearing


kindle and intensify


kindred and analogous


kingly and autocratic


knavish and tyrannical


knowledge and conviction


known and recognized



L


labor and drudgery


lame and impotent


lamentable and depressing


languid and indifferent


large and opulent


lassitude and languor      [languor = dreamy, lazy mood]


latent and lifeless


latitude and scope


laudable and deserving


laughable and grotesque


lavish and wasteful


lawlessness and violence


laxity and forbearance


laziness and profligacy


leafage and fruitage


learning and austerity


legends and traditions


legitimate and logical


leisure and tranquillity


lengthy and diffuse


lenient and sympathetic


lethargy and sloth


levity and gaiety


liberal and ample


liberty and freedom


license and laxity


likely and plausible


limited and abbreviated


listless and inert


literal and exact


literary and artistic


lithe and sinewy


lively and poignant


loathsome and abject


lofty and sonorous

            [sonorous = producing a full, rich sound; impressive speech]


logical and consistent


loquacity and exuberance     [loquacity = very talkative.]


loss and deterioration


loud and passionate


loving and reverential


low and groveling


loyal and devoted


lucidity and vividness


lucky and propitious         [propitious = auspicious, favorable; kindly]


lucrative and advantageous


ludicrous and detestable


lugubrious and unfortunate   [lugubrious  = dismal, gloomy]


lukewarm and indifferent


lull and silence


luminous and keen


lure and captivate


lurid and fiery


luscious and lasting


luster and resplendence


lusty and big-sounding


luxury and pomp



M


madness and folly


magical and secret


magnificent and luxurious


majestic and imposing


malice and revenge


malignity and spitefulness


manifold and complex


manly and powerful


manner and conduct


marvels and mysteries


massive and compact


masterly and convincing


materialistic and sordid


maternal and filial


maudlin and grotesque        [maudlin = tearfully sentimental]


maxims and morals


meager and bare


mean and debasing


meaning and significance


means and materials


mechanical and monotonous


meddling and muddling


meditative and sympathetic


meek and manageable


melody and softness


memorable and glorious


menace and superciliousness   [superciliousness = haughty disdain]


merciful and chivalrous


merciless and unpitying


merit and virtue


mighty and majestic


mild and virtuous


mince and temporize


minds and memories


minuteness and fidelity


mirth and joviality


misdemeanors and improprieties


misery and degradation


misrepresented and reviled


misty and indefinite


mobile and expressive


mockery and imposture


moderate and cautious


modes and methods


modest and retiring


molding and upbuilding


momentary and languid       [languid = lacking energy; weak]


momentous and appalling


monopoly and injustice


monotony and indecorum


monstrous and insupportable


moody and brooding


moral and religious


morbid and irritable


motionless and commanding


motives and aims


mud and mire


muddled and incoherent


murmurs and reproaches


muscularity and morality


mutable and fleeting


mute and insensate


mutilated and disfigured


muttering and murmuring


mutual and friendly


mysterious and incomprehensible


mystic and wonderful



N


nagging and squabbling


nameless and obscure


narrow and timorous


natural and spontaneous


nauseous and disgusting


neatness and propriety


necessarily and essentially


needs and demands


nefarious and malevolent


negations and contradictions


neglect and evade


negotiate and bargain


nerve and fiber


neutral and colorless


nicety and precision


nimble and airy


noble and powerful


nodding and blinking


noisy and scurrilous     [scurrilous = vulgar, coarse, abusive language]


nonsense and absurdity


nooks and corners


notable and conspicuous


noted and distinguished


noteworthy and intelligible


notoriety and prominence


nourish and foster


novelty and freshness


novice and ignoramus


nucleus and beginning


nugatory and ineffectual   [nugatory = no importance; trifling]


nullify and destroy


number and variety


numerous and important



O


oaths and revilings


obdurate and impenitent    [obdurate = hardened in wrongdoing ]

                           [impenitent = without remorse for sins]


obedient and dutious


obeisance and submission


objectionable and inexpedient


obligation and dependence


obliquity and hypocrisy


oblivious and insensible


obloquy and detraction        [obloquy = abusive language]


obnoxious and odious


obscure and enigmatical


obsequies and panegyrics      [obsequies = funeral rite]

                              [panegyrics = elaborate praise]


obsequious and conciliating   [obsequious = servile compliance; fawning]


observations and reflections


obstacles and disasters


obstinate and stupid


obstreperous and noisy        [obstreperous = stubbornly defiant]


obtrusive and vulgar


obtuse and imbecile


obvious and palpable


occasional and contingent


occult and hidden


occupations and habits


odd and dismal


odious and oppressive


offensive and aggressive


official and authoritative


oily and servile


old and decrepit


ominous and untrustworthy


omnivorous and sordid


oneness and unity


onerous and perplexing


open and inviting


opinions and hypotheses


opportunism and inconsistency


opposite and discordant


oppressed and sullen


optimistic and reassuring


opulence and magnitude


oracular and occult            [oracular = solemnly prophetic; obscure]


order and uniformity


organic and rational


organization and system


origin and discovery


original and attractive


ornate and variegated


ostensible and explicit


ostentatiousness and gaiety


outlines and appearances


outrageous and scandalous


overburdened and confused


overcome and vanquish


overstep and contravene


overt and unmistakable


overwearied and outworn


overworked and fagged          [fagged = worked to exhaustion]



P


pains and penalties


painstaking and cumbersome


pale and anxious


palpable and plain


paltry and inglorious


pampered and petted


parade and display


parched and dry


partial and provisional


particularly and individually


parties and sects


passion and prejudice


passive and indifferent


pastimes and diversions


patent and pertinent


pathos and terror


patience and perseverance


patriotism and reverence


pattern and exemplar         [exemplar = worthy of imitation]


peaks and pinnacles


pedagogue and pedant

             [pedant = exhibits learning or scholarship ostentatiously]


pedantries and affectations


pedigree and genealogy


peevishness and spleen


pellucid and crystal         [pellucid = transparently clear]


penetrating and insidious


penned and planned


peppery and impetuous


perception and recognition


peremptorily and irrevocably   [peremptorily = not allowing contradiction]


perilous and shifting


permanent and unchangeable


permeate and purify


pernicious and malign


perplexity and confusion


persistent and reiterated


personal and specific


perspicuous and flowing        [perspicuous = clearly expressed]


perturbed and restless


perverted and prejudicial


pessimistic and disenchanted


pestilence and famine


petted and indulged


pettiness and prudence


petulance and acrimony


pharisaical and bitter

          [pharisaical = hypocritically self-righteous and condemnatory]


pictorial and dramatic


picturesque and illustrative


pilgrim and crusader


pillage and demolish


piquant and palatable          [piquant = agreeable pungent taste]


pith and brevity


pitiful and destitute


place and power


plagued and persecuted


plainness and severity


plaintive and mournful


plans and projects


plastic and ductile


plausibility and humbug


pleasant and pungent


pleasurable and wholesome


pliant and submissive


plot and verisimilitude


plunder and sacrilege


poetical and pastoral


pointless and ineffective


polite and elegant


political and sociological


pomp and pageantry


ponderous and unwieldy


poor and barren


possession and dominion


potent and prevailing


power and luxury


praise and commend


precedence and usage


precision and efficiency


preference and prejudice


pregnant and suggestive


prejudice and predilection      [predilection = preference]


presence and address


present and tangible


prestige and authority


presumptuous and futile


pretentious and inept


pretty and enchanting


pride and indignation


primary and essential


priority and predominance


probity and candor              [probity = integrity; uprightness]


prodigal and careless


profile and outline


profound and philosophical


profuse and tearful


prolix and tedious              [prolix = prolonged; wordy]


prominence and importance


promise and performance


promptitude and dispatch


proneness and readiness


pronounced and diversified


proof and illustration


propensity and desire


proportion and consistency


propriety and delicacy


prostration and loss


protection and safety


protesting and repelling


protracted and fruitless


provincialism and vulgarity


prudent and sagacious          [sagacious = keenly discerning]


puerile and sickly             [puerile = immature; childish]


puffy and dissipated


puissant and vigorous          [puissant = with power, might]


punctilious and severe         [punctilious = precise; scrupulous]


purity and simplicity


purpose and intention


pusillanimous and petty        [pusillanimous = cowardly]


puzzled and affected



Q


quackery and incompetence


quaintness and oddity


qualities and gifts


quarrel and wrangle


queer and affected


querulous and plaintive        [querulous = complaining; peevish]


quibble and fabricate


quickness and agility


quiet and unobtrusive


quintessential and nuclear     [quintessential = perfect example]


quips and cranks


quirks and graces


quivering and fearful


quizzical and whimsical



R


racked and oppressed


racy and incisive


rage and apprehension


rank and learning


rant and gush


rapacity and villainy          [rapacity = plundering]


rapidity and precision


rapt and silent


rapture and enthusiasm


rare and exquisite


rashness and heedlessness


ready and spontaneous


real and positive


realistic and effective


reasonable and practical


rebellion and disloyalty


rebuffs and anxieties


receptive and responsive


recognized and honored


recoil and reaction


reconciliation and peace


recondite and abstruse       [recondite = concealed; hidden]

                             [abstruse = difficult to understand]


reconnoiter and explore


recreation and amusement


rectitude and delicacy


redeeming and transforming


refined and dignified


refreshing and invigorating


regard and esteem


regret and remorse


regular and symmetrical


rejection and scorn


reliable and trustworthy


relief and redress           [redress = set right; remedy]


remarkable and interesting


remorseful and sullen


remote and distant


rend and devastate


repellent and ungracious


repetition and reiteration


repress and silence


repugnance and aversion


repulsive and loathsome


resentment and indignation


reserve and coyness


resistless and implacable


resolution and effort


resonant and tuneful


resourceful and unscrupulous


respected and obeyed


responsibilities and burdens


restive and bored


restless and impatient


retaliation and revenge


reticence and repose


revered and cherished


reverses and disasters


revised and corrected


revolution and sedition       [sedition = insurrection; rebellion]


rhapsodies and panegyrics     [panegyrics = elaborate praise]


richness and fertility


ridicule and censure


right and praiseworthy


rigid and inexpressive


ripeness and plenitude


rivals and antagonists


roar and ring


robust and rugged


rococo and affected           [rococo = elaborate ornamentation]


romantic and pathetic


rough and barren


roundabout and complicated


roused and stimulated


rude and fiery


rugged and inaccessible


rumors and impressions


rushing and gurgling


rust and disuse



S


sad and melancholy


sagacity and virtue           [sagacity = farsighted; wise]


sane and simple


sarcastic and cruel


sayings and quibbles


scant and incidental


scattered and desultory       [desultory = haphazard; random]


scenes and associations


scholastic and erudite        [erudite = learned]


scientific and exact


scintillating and brilliant


scoffing and unbelief


scope and significance


scorched and shriveled


scorn and loathing


scrupulous and anxious


scrutiny and investigation


searching and irresistible


seared and scorched


secondary and subsidiary


secretive and furtive


sedate and serious


selfish and overbearing


sensational and trivial


senseless and unreasoning


sensibilities and emotions


sensitive and capricious


sententious and tiresome

                  [sententious = pompous moralizing; terse and energetic]


sentiment and passion


serene and quiet


serious and studious


severe and saturnine       [saturnine = melancholy or sullen]


shabbiness and vulgarity


shadowy and confused


shame and mortification


shams and hypocrisies


shaped and sculptured


sharp and vigorous


shelter and safeguard


shifts and compromises


shivering and chattering


shocked and astonished


short and precarious


shreds and tatters


shrewd and diligent


shrill and piercing


shrinking and nervous


shy and subdued


significant and sinister


signs and tokens


silence and obscurity


similarities and resemblances


simple and straightforward


simpletons and nincompoops


sincerity and frankness


sinewy and active


skill and coolness


skulk and shirk


sleek and languid          [languid = lacking energy or vitality; weak]


slight and precarious


slipshod and untidy


slothfulness and perversity


slow and sluggish


slumbering and unsuspected


small and hampered


smirched and tarnished


smoothness and artifice


sneering and sentimental


soberly and truthfully


softness and effeminacy


solemn and dramatic


solitary and idle


solitude and depression


sonorous and musical


sons and scions            [scions = descendant or heir]


soporific and sodden       [soporific = inducing sleep]


sordid and stupid


sorrow and lamentation


soulless and mindless


sovereign and independent


spacious and lofty


sparkling and spontaneous


spasmodic and hysterical


speedy and inevitable


spicy and pungent


spiritual and invisible


spiteful and sordid


splash and dash


splendor and glory


spontaneity and intensity


sportive and playful


sprightly and vigorous


spur and impulse


spurious and misleading


squalid and dismal         [squalid = wretched, dirty, repulsive]


stare and gasp


stately and ponderous


statesmanship and character


staunch and influential


stay and solace


steadfast and resolute


steadily and patiently


stealthy and hostile


stern and unbending


stiff and cumbersome


stifling and venomous


still and translucent


stimulating and wholesome


stings and stimulants


stir and tumult


stolid and soulless


strain and struggle


strange and incomprehensible


stratagems and plots


strenuous and energetic


strictly and absolutely


strife and contention


striking and picturesque


strong and youthful


structure and organization


struggles and misgivings


studied and artificial


stunned and insensible


stupor and despair


sturdy and manly


style and temperament


suave and winning


sublime and aspiring


submission and patience


subordinate and dependent


substance and basis


subtle and elusive


suddenness and vehemence


suffering and desperation


suffused and transfigured


suggestions and stimulations


sullen and fierce


summarize and epitomize


sumptuous and aromatic


sunshine and smiles


superb and showy


supercilious and obstinate     [supercilious = haughty disdain]


superficial and obvious


superfluous and impertinent


suppressed and restrained


surmises and suggestions


surprise and wonder


susceptibility and vulnerability


suspense and excitement


suspicion and innuendo       [innuendo = indirect derogatory implication]


sustained and measured


sweet and wholesome


swelled and bloated


swift and stealthy


swoop and range


symbolism and imagery


sympathetic and consoling



T


taciturn and laconic         [taciturn = untalkative] [laconic = terse]


tactful and conciliatory


talkative and effusive


tame and insipid


tangible and sufficient


tangled and shapeless


tardy and belated


tartness and contradiction


taste and elegance


tattle and babble


taunt and reproach


tawdry and penurious        [tawdry = gaudy, cheap] [penurious = stingy]


tears and lamentations


tedious and trivial


temperament and taste


temperately and judiciously


tempest and violence


temporal and evanescent     [evanescent = vanishing like vapor]


tenacity and coherence


tender and emotional


tense and straining


tentative and experimental


terrible and satanical


testiness and crabbedness


thankfulness and acknowledgment


theories and speculations


thorough and effective


threatening and formidable


thriftless and unenterprising


thrilling and vitalizing


ties and associations


time and opportunity


timid and vacillating


tiresome and laborious


tolerant and kindly


tone and treatment


topics and instances


tormented and tantalized


tortuous and twisted


tottering and hopeless


touched and thrilled


tractable and gracious


traditions and practises


training and temperament


tranquillity and benevolence


transfuse and irradiate


transitory and temporary


transparent and comprehensible


treacherous and cowardly


tremble and oscillate


trenchant and straightforward   [trenchant = effective, and vigorous]


trials and tribulations


tricks and stratagems


trifling and doubtful


trite and commonplace


trivial and ridiculous


troublous and menacing


truisms and trivialities


trust and confidence


truth and righteousness


turbid and noise some


turgid and bombastic            [turgid = excessively complex]

                                [bombastic = pompous]


turmoil and shouting


twisted and perverted


type and forerunner


tyrant and oppressor



U


unaccountable and grotesque


unaffected and undaunted


unapproached and unapproachable


unassuming and unpretending


unchangeable and enduring


unconsciously and innocently


uncouth and barbarous


unctuous and irresistible       [trenchant = insincere earnestness]


undeveloped and ignorant


undignified and futile


uneasiness and apprehension


uneducated and inexperienced


unfamiliar and distant


unfettered and vigorous


unforced and unchecked


unfortunate and unparalleled


unfounded and incredible


ungracious and reluctant


unhappiness and discomfort


unique and original


unity and completeness


unjust and ungrateful


unlimited and absolute


unnatural and harmful


unobserved and unsuspected


unobtrusive and tactful


unparalleled and inexhaustible


unpleasant and bewildering


unpopular and unimpressive


unprecedented and objectionable


unpremeditated and heartfelt


unpromising and scanty


unprotected and friendless


unreal and unsubstantial


unreasoning and uncompromising


unrecognized and unrewarded


unseemly and insufferable


unseen and unsuspected


unsmiling and critical


unswerving and unfaltering


unthinking and careless


untutored and infantine


unusual and unexpected


unuttered and unutterable


unwholesome and vile


upright and credible


uproar and confusion


upstart and braggart


urbanity and unction         [unction = exaggerated earnestness]


utter and disastrous



V


vacillation and uncertainty


vague and indistinct


vain and profitless


validity and value


vanities and vices


vapory and chaotic


varied and animated


varnish and falsehood


vassals and inferiors


vast and superlative


vehement and clamorous


veiled and unreadable


venality and corruption


venerable and interesting


veracity and fidelity


verbally and literally


versatility and sympathy


vexation and anxiety


vibrating and sonorous


views and experiences


vigilant and inflexible


vigorous and graphic


violent and ill-balanced


virtuous and wise


virulence and invective      [invective = abusive language]


visible and apparent


visionary and obscure


vistas and backgrounds


vital and vigorous


vitiate and poison           [vitiate = reduce the value]


vituperation and abuse       [vituperation = abusive language]


vivacious and agreeable


vivid and varied


void and nothingness


volatile and fiery


volubly and exuberantly      [volubly = ready flow of speech]


volume and impetus


voluminous and varied


voluntarily and habitually


vulgar and artificial



W


wandering and erratic


wanton and unnecessary


war and revelry


warp and woof               [warp = lengthwise threads]

                            [woof = crosswise threads]


wasteful and circuitous


waxing and waning


weak and perfidious


wealth and distinction


wearisome and dull


weighed and winnowed


weighty and dominant


weird and fantastic


wheezing and puffing


whims and inconsistencies


wholesome and beautiful


wholly and solely


wicked and malicious


widened and amplified


wild and irregular


wily and observant


winking and blinking


winning and unforced


wise and beneficent


wistful and dreamy


wit and jocularity      [jocularity = given to joking]


withered and wan


woe and lamentation


wonder and delight


work and utility


worldly and ambitious


worth and excellence


wrath and menace


wretched and suppliant



Y


yearning and eagerness


yielding and obedience


yoke and bondage


young and fragile


youthful and callow        [callow = immature]



Z


zeal and vehemence


zenith and climax


zest and freshness


zigzag and deviating


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