Vocab L. 21 Decay and Destruction

Synonyms: abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, blot out, crush*, decimate, demolish, do in, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, finish off, invalidate, liquidate, massacre, murder, negate, nullify, obliterate, quash, quell, raze, root out, rub out, ruin, slaughter, take out*, undo, vitiate, wipe out, wrack, wreck
Antonyms: help, preserve, revive, save

Synonyms: alloy, befoul, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dirty, harm, infect, injure, muck up, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, radioactivate, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate
Antonyms: clean, cure, heal, purify, sterilize

Synonyms: bite, canker, consume, corrupt, destroy, deteriorate, erode, gnaw, impair, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, waste
Antonyms: aid, build, fortify, help

Synonyms: abbreviate, boil down, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, get to meat, halt, lessen, lop, minify, pare down, put in nutshell, reduce, retrench, roll back, shorten, slash, trim, truncate
Antonyms: extend, increase, lengthen, prolong

Synonyms: bankrupt, bleed, decrease, dig into, diminish, drain, draw, dry up, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk, reduce, sap, spend, squander, suck dry, undermine, use up, wash up, waste, weaken
Antonyms: add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase

Synonyms: decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disimprove, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fail, fall apart, flag, go downhill, go to pieces, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lose it, lose quality, lower, mar, pervert, regress, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink, skid, slide, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wear away, worsen
Antonyms: build, construct, develop, get better, improve

Synonyms: abolished, archaic, asleep, bygone, cold*, dead and gone, deceased, defunct, departed, disappeared, done for, doused, ended, exanimate, exterminated, extinguished, fallen, gone, inactive, late, lifeless, lost, no longer known, out, outmoded, passed on, passé, snuffed out, superseded, terminated, unknown, vanished, vanquished, void
Antonyms: alive, existing, extant, living

Synonyms: abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, belie, blackball, break with, cancel, cancel out, controvert, countercheck, cross*, deny, ding, disaffirm, disallow, disprove, dump*, fly in the face of, frustrate, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, kill, negative, neutralize, nullify, oppose, put down, quash, rebut, redress, refute, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, stonewall, traverse, turn down, turn thumbs down, undo, vitiate, void
Antonyms: allow, approve, permit

Synonyms: bad, carious, contaminated, curdled, decomposing, disagreeable, disgusting, evil-smelling, feculent, fetid, foul, frowzy, fusty, gamy, high, impure, loathsome, malodorous, moldy, musty, nasty, nidorous, noisome, noxious, off, offensive, olid, polluted, putrefactive, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rank, reeky, repulsive, sharp, smelly, sour, soured, stale, stinking, strong, tainted, turned, unhealthy, whiffy
Antonyms: perfumed, sweet

Synonyms: be prodigal with, be wasteful, blow*, cash out, consume, dissipate, expend, frivol, frivol away, go through, lavish, misspend, misuse, prodigalize, put out, run through, scatter, spend, spend like water, spring for, throw away, throw money around, trifle, waste
Antonyms: hoard, save, set aside