remuneration
noun
you will receive adequate remuneration for the work
you have done payment, pay, salary, wages;
earnings, fee(s), reward, compensation, recompense,
reimbursement; formal emolument(s).
I received remuneration in return for shoveling my
driveway.
abase
verb
1 Dunlap had a reputation for openly abasing his
employees humble, humiliate, belittle, demean,
lower, degrade, debase, cheapen, discredit, bring
low. See note at humble .
2 I'd rather lose my job than continue to abase
myself grovel, kowtow, bow and scrape, toady, fawn;
informal crawl, suck up to someone, lick someone's
boots.
He abased his brother by exposing his crime filled
past in front of his father-in-law.
replete
adjective
1 the guests were replete well-fed, sated, satiated,
full, full up; glutted, gorged; informal stuffed.
2 a sumptuous environment replete with antiques
filled, full, well-stocked, well-supplied, crammed,
packed, jammed, teeming, overflowing, bursting;
informal jam-packed, chockablock, chock-full.
The replete guests showed their appreciation to the
chief by giving him a toast.
abrogate
verb formal
the time has come to formally abrogate this
outdated agreement repeal, revoke, rescind,
repudiate, overturn, annul, Law disallow, cancel,
invalidate, nullify, void, negate, dissolve,
countermand, declare null and void, discontinue;
reverse, retract, remove, withdraw, abolish, put an
end to, do away with, get rid of, end, stop, quash,
scrap; Law disaffirm. See note at void . antonym
institute, introduce.
The church has abrogated several statements
including the once believed myth that the sun
revolved around the earth.
harbinger
noun
I long to see the robins, crocuses, and other
harbingers of spring herald, sign, indication, signal,
portent, omen, augury, forewarning, presage;
forerunner, precursor, messenger; literary foretoken.
The harbinger that the sun and moon aligned cause
the Indians to predict when the earth would end.
augury
noun
you draw very blurry lines between what is
coincidence and what is augury omen, portent, sign,
foretoken. See note at sign .
The simple auguries were classified as coincidence
until the ghost appeared.
prudent
adjective
1 it is prudent to obtain consent wise, well judged,
sensible, politic, judicious, sagacious, sage, shrewd,
advisable, well-advised. antonym unwise.
2 a prudent approach to borrowing cautious,
careful, provident, farsighted, judicious, shrewd,
circumspect; thrifty, economical. See note at
economical . antonym reckless.
The prudent lady turned the charity event into a
political scheme for her relelection.
tumult
noun
1 she added her voice to the tumult clamor, din,
noise, racket, uproar, hue and cry, commotion,
ruckus, maelstrom, rumpus, hubbub, pandemonium,
babel, bedlam, brouhaha, furor, fracas, melee,
frenzy; informal hullabaloo. antonym silence.
2 years of political tumult turmoil, confusion,
disorder, disarray, unrest, chaos, turbulence,
mayhem, maelstrom, havoc, upheaval, ferment,
agitation, trouble. antonym tranquility.
The tumult in the streets caused by the noisy snow
plows woke me up early in the morning.
defile
verb
1 her capacity for love had been defiled spoil, sully,
mar, impair, debase, degrade; poison, taint, tarnish;
destroy, ruin. antonym purify.
2 the sacred bones were defiled desecrate,
profane, violate; contaminate, pollute, debase,
degrade, dishonor. See note at pollute . antonym
sanctify.
3 archaic : she was defiled by a married man rape,
violate; literary ravish; dated deflower.
The defilement of the school cause the government
to get involved because it was no longer healthy for
students to attend.
subservient
adjective
1 subservient women submissive, deferential,
compliant, obedient, dutiful, biddable, docile,
passive, unassertive, subdued, downtrodden; informal
under someone's thumb. See note at obsequious .
antonym independent.
2 individual rights are subservient to the interests of
the state subordinate, secondary, subsidiary,
peripheral, ancillary, auxiliary, less important.
antonym superior.
In many societies women are supposed to be
subservient to men, but in the U.S. they are equals.
