We saw in the last post that the words ‘IMPASSIVE’ or ‘PHLEGMATIC’ is ambiguous. If it means ‘INACTIVE’, it can have the opposite ‘ACTIVE’ or ‘ENERGETIC’. The following are the SYNONYMS of ‘ENERGETIC’, and all of them can appear as the ANTONYMS of ‘PHLEGMATIC’ (impassive):
ENERGETIC
IMPASSIONED
DYNAMIC
LIVELY
SPIRITED
SPRIGHTLY
ANIMATED
VIVACIOUS
VIBRANT
BUBBLY
EFFERVESCENT
EBULLIENT
If ‘PHLEGMATIC’ means ‘CALM’, all the words meaning 'DISTURBED’ can be the ANTONYMS. All the following words mean
DISTURBED:
AGITATED
FLUSTERED
PERTURBED
UPSET
DISTRAUGHT
The SYNONYMS of DISTURBED in their noun forms are as all follows:
AGITATION
FERMENT
COMMOTION
TURBULENCE
TURMOIL
BEDLAM
PANDEMONIUM
Now, let us look at a few ANTONYM pairs that appeared in earlier tests:
PANDEMONIUM x TRANQUILITY
PHLEGMATIC x VIVACIOUS
TURBULENCE x TRANQUILITY
STOLID x UPSET
COMMOTION x SERENITY
IMPERTURBABILITY x EXCITABILITY
FERMENT x EQUANIMITY (perfect equilibrium of the mind)
That’s all for today.
See you in the next post.
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