Week 2

Diverse
Varied
His message appealed to a diverse audience.

http://www.personal.psu.edu/afr3/blogs/SIOW/2011/09/penn-state-too-diverse-for-family.html

Antonym: Alike
The identical twin brothers look alike.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=identical-twins-genes-are-not-identical

Benevolent

Kind; good-hearted; generous

It was a gift from a benevolent donor.

http://www.moravianmanor.org/benevolent.htm

Antonym: Barbaric

Barbaric tribes invaded the area

http://www.casinoscamreport.com/2010/10/27/south-africa%E2%80%99s-stance-on-online-gambling-is-barbaric/

Pious

Reverent or devout; outwardly (and sometimes falsely) reverent or devout

They lived a quiet, pious life.

http://americangallery.wordpress.com/category/harvey-george-wainwright/

Antonym: Disloyal

It would be disloyal to abandon them.

http://www.bolegaindia.com/gossips/Women_the_disloyal_of_all-gid-1756-gc-2.html

Conciliatory

Making peace; attempting to solve a dispute through goodwill

The company's attempts to conciliate the strikers have failed.

http://ajonesfamilylaw.com/2011/index.php?page=2

Antonym: Disharmonize

The choir sounded very disharmonized.

http://blog.timesunion.com/amanda/goo-goo-gaga/1421/

Resignation

Reluctant acceptance of a bad situation (secondary meaning)

The chairman accepted their resignations.

http://www.writeawriting.com/career/how-to-write-resignation-letter/

Antonym: Resist

He was charged with resisting arrest.

http://www.dailywordofgodgroup.com/how-to-resist-temptation.htm#.TzHg2sWXSjM

Resolute

Determined; firm; unwavering

She is a resolute competitor.

http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/furnishings/resolute-desk.htm

Antonym: Faltering

The business was faltering due to poor management.

http://memoirsofbell.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

Servile

Submissive and subservient; like a servant

He had always maintained a servile attitude around people with money.

http://www.sodahead.com/living/do-you-have-a-maid-or-butler/question-273945/?link=ibaf&q=&imgurl=http://images.sodahead.com/polls/000273945/polls_maid_butler1_2244_385245_answer_3_xlarge.jpeg

Antonym: Arrogant

She's first in her class, but she's not arrogant about it.

http://kensegall.com/blog/2010/07/the-ever-arrogant-apple/

Acute

Sharp; shrewd

The boy had an acute sense of humor.

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/41600/41694/fc_acuteang_41694.htm

Antonym: Nonurgent

The problem was nonurgent.

http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/10/05/the-temptation-of-living-multiple-simultaneous-lives/

Reticent

Restrained; uncommunicative

Her husband is by nature a reticent person, and she resigned herself to that fact a long time ago.

http://www.phocabulary.com/reticent

Antonym: Communicative

In a relationship each person needs to be communicative.

http://teflworldwiki.com/index.php/Communicative_Language_Teaching

Anarchy

Absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder

Anarchy reigned in the empire's remote provinces.

http://eternalanarchy.webs.com/

Antonym: Orderly

She sorted the information into orderly categories. 

http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/toastmasters-speech-2-organize-your-speech/