TOEFL 同义词反义词库及主动表达提高

This material collects synonyms and antonyms, and serves as a positive expression improvement.

good

• good / great
• fantastic / terrific
• fanscinating

beautiful

• beautiful
• sharp
  • 用于形容人精神饱满，比较比较安全的词语，可用于严肃场合
• gorgeous
  • 惊世骇俗的美
• fabulous / stunning
  • 光彩四射的（可形容明星等）

good and bad

• good and bad
• good and evil

agree

• agree with sth.
• concor with sth.
• You are not alone.

exactly

• exactly
• actually
• seriously
• literally

be afraid of sth.

• I am afraid of the snake.
• The snake freaks me out.

noisy

• noisy
• vociferous
• boisterous
• blatant
• cacophonous

admit sth.

• admit sth.
• acknowledge sth.
• avow sth.
• aver sth.
• confess sth. / confession that ...

smell

• smell
• odor
  • smell of animals or humans

smell good

• smell good
• scented
• fragrant
• balmy (mile, fragrant)

harmful

• bad
• harmful
• evil
• vile
  • e.g. The weather was consistently vile.
  • e.g. This cheese smells vile.
  • e.g. Her talk was full of vile curses.
• baneful
  • conjugates: bane (n.) / baneful (adj.)
• malignant
  • conjugates: malign (vt.) / malignant (adj.)
  • antonyms: benign (adj.)
• malicious
  • conjugates: malice (n.) / malicious (adj.)
  • bear sb. no malice
  • do sth. of / out of / through malice

screte

• screte
• mysterious
• arcane

turn worse

• turn worse
• descend
• deteriorate
  • de- (down) + ter(r) (ground) + -(i)or (adj. comparative) + -ate (v.)
  • e.g. The patient's condition has deteriorated over the last few hours.
  • conjugates: deteriorate (vi.) / deterioration (n.)
• erode
  • especially refers to food

edge

• edge
  • 指物体两平面交接处的边缘
  • e.g. New houses have mushroomed on the edge of the town.
• brink
  • br__in__k <= br__ea__k
  • 指悬崖峭壁的边缘
  • e.g. He rode on horseback to the brink of the peak.
• rim
  • ri__m__ <= ri__ng__
  • 适用于任何圆形物体的边缘
  • e.g. The water was even with the rim of the basin.
  • e.g. The mother wiped the rim of milk from the child's lips.
• brim
  • b- (bowl) + rim
  • 指如壶、杯、碗等各种形状容器的内侧边缘，也指帽子的边
  • e.g. The wide brim of his hat shadowed his face.
• verge
  • ver (turn) + -ge (n.)
  • 指抽象事物的边缘
  • e.g. She was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
  • e.g. The Bank was on the verge of collapse.
• margin
  • 指书页的空白边缘,也可指（湖、池等）边缘
  • e.g. He made some notes in the margin.
  • e.g. You can note down your comments on the margin.
• fringe
  • 与 center 相对，指在外围、边缘
  • e.g. The Front (艺术家联盟) is always dismissed as a cranky fringe group.

give

• give
• bestow
  • positive word
  • bestow sth. on sb.
• endow
  • sth. gifted be born with
  • be endowed with std.

have no money

• have no money to do sth.
• it is no financial position to do sth.

How are you?

• How are you?
• What have you been up to? / What been up to?
• How are you doing?
• Ciao? (Italian word)
• How's everything?

not important

• That is not important.
• That shouldn't be an issue.

job

• job
• career
• occupation

many

• many
• massive
• substantial
• a burst of

apply

• apply for sth.
• apply to ... program (特指申请大学专业)

character

• character / characteristic
  • 形容人的特点、特质
• quality
• property
• tendency
• trait

quiet

• quiet
• tranquil
  • tran- (turn) + quil (quiet)
  • conjugates: tranquil (adj.) / tranquility (n.)

expect

• hope
• expect
• anticipate
  • ant(e)- (before) + cip (=ceive: catch) + -ate (v.)
  • conjugates: anticipate (vt.) / anticipation (n.)

bear

• bear
• withstand
• undergo
• tolerate
• weather
• sustain
  • conjugates: sustain (vt.) / sustainable (adj.)

hardship

• hardship
• sorrow
  • conjugates: sorrow (n.) / sorrowful (adj.)
• tribulation
  • conjugates: tribulate (vt.) / tribulation (n.)

luck

• luck
• fortune
• fluke
  • e.g. His election victory was just a fluke.
  • e.g. By sheer fluke, one of the shipowner's employees was in the city.

shallow

• shallow
• superficial

get

• get
• obtain
• achieve
• snare
  • e.g. We might have an opportunity to finally snare Best Group Costume, if we shore up our weak link.

enhance

• enhance
• reinforce
• shore up
  • e.g. We might have an opportunity to finally snare Best Group Costume, if we shore up our weak link.

insult

• insult
• spoil sb's reputation
• distain
• calumniate
  • conjugates: calumny (n), calumniate (vt.)
• slander
  • orally
• libel
  • literally

hate

• hate
• abhor
  • ab- (away) + hor (horrible)
  • conjugates: abhor (vt.), abhorrent (adj.), abhorrence (n.)
• abominate
  • ab- (away) + omin (omen) + -ate (v.)
  • conjugates: omen (n.), ominous (adj.), abominate (vt.), abominable (adj.)
• detest
  • de- (away) + test
• loathe
  • loath + -e (v.)
  • conjugates: oath (n.), loath (=loth, adj.), loathe (vt.)

hide

• hide
• abscond
  • ab(s)- (away) + cond (hide)
• ambush
• lurk
• waylay

abstain / addicted

abstain

• abstain
  • conjugates: abstain (vi.), abstinent (adj.), abstinence (n.)
• ascetic
• abstemious

addicted

• addicted
• linbertine
  • conjugates: liberty (n.), libertine (adj.), liberate (v.), liberal (adj.)
• indulgent
  • conjugates: indulge (vi.), indulgent (adj.), indulgence (n.)

hard-working

• hard-working
• assiduous
• sedulous

give up / support

give up

• give up
• abandon
• abjure
• forgo (=forego)
• forsake
• forswear
• renounce
• relinquish
  • synonyms: grudge (v.,n.) / grudging (adj.) / grudgingly (adv.)

support

• support
• insist
• espouse
• adhere
  • e.g. We adhere to the principle that everyone should be treated fairly.
• vouch for
  • e.g. I can vouch for that.

admit

• admit
• avow
• aver

deny

• deny
• belie

adjure

• adjure
• conjure
• invoke

do harm to

• do harm to
• sour
  • e.g. Nothing sours a relationship more than over-familiarity with someone's toilet routine.
• jeopardize
  • conjugates: jeopardy (n.), jeopardize (vt.)
  • e.g. We don't want to jeopardize our relationship.

kill

• kill
• slay
• slaughter
• massacre
  • mass (many) + acre (acre) / kill many people within an acre
• carnage
  • carn- (meat) + -age (n.)

energetic

• energetic
• active
• vigorous
  • vigor (energy) + -ous (adj. full of ...)
  • conjugates: vigor (n.), vigorous (adj.)