Rasp

verb

rasping, raspingly

Intransitive Verb

1. To rub with something rough

2. To utter with a raspy tone

Transitive Verb

1. To produce a grating sound

The metal boxes rasped as they were dragged across the floor.

Synonym: Grate, grind

Antonym: 

Crate: Rasp

Sunder

verb

sundered

Transitive Verb

1. to break apart or in two :  separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space

Intrtansitive Verb

 1. to become parted, disunited, or severed

synonym: disjointed, sever

antonym: join, unite

During the cold war East and West Berlin were sundered by an impenetrable wall.

Listless

adjective

listlessly, listlessness

1. characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit 

synonym: limp, spiritless

antonym: anbitious, energetic

The heat made everyone tired and listless.

Charlatan

noun

charlatism, charlatry

1.a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack.

synonym: imposter, fraud

antonym: 

The famed faith healer turned out to be a charlatan.

Politician: Charlatan

Rout

noun, verb

routed

noun

1. a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder

2. Any overwhelming defeat

verb(transitive verb)

1. to disperse in defeat and disorderly flight

In a matter of minutes the attackers were routed.

The retreat degenerated into a rout.

synonym: retreat

antonym: victory

Toothsome

adjective

toothsomeness, toothsomely

1. pleasable to the taste

2. pleasing or desirable, as fame or power

symnonyms: delectable, delish

antonyms:distasteful, tasteless

The movie star and his supermodel girlfriend are considered the mosttoothsome couple in Hollywood.

Smidgen

 noun

smidgeon, smidgin

1. a very small amount

I'll just have a smidgen of ice cream.

synonym: dab, crumb

antonym:

Deplete

depletion, depletory, depleted, depleting

verb 

1. to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of

synonym: exhaust, improverish

antonym: renew

Morose

adjective

morosely, moroseness

1. gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood

2. characterized by or expressing gloom

synonym: bleak

antonym: friendly, cheerful

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Cacophony

noun

cacophonies, cacophonic

1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance

2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds

synonym: discodance, racket

antonym: silence

Splice

verb

spliced, splicing, splicabke

1.to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands

synonyms: 

Only now can both ends of the cable be brought aboardthe ship at the same time and the final splice made. 

splice: rope

action: object performed with action

Makeshift

noun

makeshifty

1. a temporary expedient or substitute

synonyms: improvised

When his belt broke, he was forced to use string as a makeshift.

Smattering

noun, adjective

smatteringly, smatterer

noun

1. a slight, superficial, or introductory knowledge of something

adjective

1. slight or superficial

synonym:

antonym:

Loiter

verb

loiterer, loiteringly

Verb (without object)

1. to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place

2. to move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops in the course of a trip, journey, errand, etc.

verb(used with object)

1. to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner

synonym:dally, dwadle

antonym: dash, horry

Don't loiter in this neighborhood after dark.

Cheeky

adjective

cheekily, cheekiness

1. impudent; insolent

synonym: impudent, rude

antonym: timid

A cheeky comment about something that was none of her business.

Downfall

noun

downfallen

1. descent to a lower position or standing; overthrown; ruin

2. something causing ruin, failure, etc. 

synonym: ruin, destruction

antonym: ascent, rise

After rising to sublime heights, the sacred city may have engineered its own downfall.

Splay

verb, noun, adjective

splayed, unsplayed

Verb

1. to spread out, expand, or extend

Noun

2. Architecture. a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where, the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall

Adjective

1. spread out; wide and flat; turned outward

synonym:

antonym:

Acrid

adjective

acridity, acridly, acridness

1. sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.

2. extremely or sharply stinging or bitter; extremely or sharply stinging or bitter

synonym:bitter

antonym:sweet

It has a pungent odor and an acrid taste

Fray

verb, noun

frayed

noun

1. fight, battle, or skirmish

verb

1. Archaic. to frighten

2. to wear (cloth, rope, etc.) to loose, raveled threads or fibers at the edge or end; cause to ravel out

synonym: tatter, fright

Mar

verb

marred

1.to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil

2. to disfigure, deface, or scar

synonym: deface

antonym:enhance, adorn

Riven

verb, adjective

rive, rived

verb

1. past particle of rive (to tear or rend apart)

adjective

1. rent or split apart

synonym:disintegrate 

The bitter disappointment threatened to rive my heart in two.

Harmony

noun

harmonies

1. agreement; accord; harmonious relations

2. a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity

synonym: unity

antonym: disorder, violence

Chisel

noun, verb

chiseled, 

noun

1. a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.

verb

1. to cut, shape, or fashion by or as if by carving with a chisel

synonym:

antonym:

He chiseled off a corner of the block.

Dulcet

adjective, noun

dulcetly, dulcetness

adjective

1. pleasant to the ear; melodious:

noun

1.an organ stop resembling the dulciana but an octave higher

synonym: delightful, pleasing

antonym: pleasureness

Although she flashed a dulcet smile, she was secretly seething with resentment.

Roughhewn

verb

roughhew

1.to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing

2. to shape roughly; give crude form to

synonyms:

antonyms: