Read and Proceed -- Synonyms and Antonyms

1.Academic: 

  SYN: bookish , studious

  ANT : practical 

2. competence :

    SYN: capability , skill

    ANT: inability , incompetence 

3. cheerful :

    SYN: happy , merry

    ANT:  glum , gloomy 

4. Dedication :

    SYN: devotion , commitment

    ANT: disloyalty 

5. Epic.

    SYN: grand , heroic

    ANT: short story 

6.  Heritage :

      SYN:  Legacy , custom

      ANT:

7. Manufacture:

   SYN: Produce , construct

   ANT: destroy

8. Melancholy :

   SYN: Gloomy , Sad

   ANT: Glad , happy 

9. Metropolis:

   SYN: City

   ANT: Village

10. Misery :

   SYN: sadness , unhappiness

   ANT: cheer , joy 

11. Miserable:

    SYN:  Unhappy

    ANT: happy 

12. Mournful :

   SYN:  Sorrowful , gloomy

   ANT: Cheerful 

13. Notion :

     SYN: Idea, Concept

     ANT:

14. Pledge :

    SYN: Agreement , oath

    ANT: disobey 

15. Redeem:

   SYN: regain , recover

   ANT: lose

16. Rivals :

    SYN:  Enemy , Foe

    ANT: Friend , ally 

17. Ruinous :

   SYN:  Damaging 

   ANT: beneficial

18. Seminar:

   SYN: Convention , symposium

   ANT:

19.  Solemn:

     SYN:  Serious , sober

     ANT: cheerful , merry 

20. Substantially :

    SYN: heavily , largely

    ANT: Slightly 

21. Suppressed :

   SYN: Abolish ,

   ANT: encourage

22. Tryst :

   SYN: meeting , appointment

   ANT: divide , separate  

23. Utterance :

   SYN:  Expression ,

   ANT: Silence 

24. Unique :

     SYN:  sole ,

     ANT: Common 

25. Unorthodox:

   SYN:  nontraditional

   ANT: Orthodox

26. Zone :

   SYN: area , region

   ANT: