noun: 1. A harsh grating noise

2. A coarse file or similar metal tool for scraping/filing

verb: 1. Make a harsh, grating noise

2. Say in a harsh, grating voice.

3. Scrape with a rasp in order to make it smoother

4. Scrape in a painful way

5. Remove something by scraping it off

Synonyms: scrape, croak

Antonyms: soothe

Verb: split apart. 

Synonyms: divide, split 

Antonyms: get together

Adjective: (of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm 

Synonyms: lethargic, lifeless

Antonyms: energetic

Noun: a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud

Synonyms: sham, fake

Antonyms: real, legit

Noun: 1. a disorderly retreat of defeated troops 

2. a decisive defeat

3. an assembly of people who have made a move toward commiting an illegal act that would constitute an offense of riot

4. a disorderly or tumultuous crowd of people

Verb: 1. defeat and cause to retreat in disorder 

2. cut a groove 

find(someone or something), or force them from a place

Synonyms: retreat, scatter 

Antonyms: victory

Adjective: (of food) temptingly tasty

Synonyms: tasty, delicious

Antonyms: not tasty, disgusting

Noun: a small amount of something 

Synonyms: small, tiny amount

Antonyms: a large amount, a stack

Verb: 1. use up the supply or resource of

2. diminish in number or quantity

Synonyms: exhaust, consume

Antonyms: resupply

Adjective: sullen and ill-tempered 

Synonyms: gloomy, grumpy

Antonyms: cheerful

Noun: a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds 

Synonyms: racket, noise

Antoyms: silence

Verb: 1. join or connect by interweaving the strands

2. join at the ends

3. join or insert

Noun: a union of two ropes, pieces of timber, or similar materials spliced together at the ends. 

Synonyms: interweave, knit

Antonyms: cut

Adjective: serving as a temporary substitute

Noun: a temporary substitute or device

Synonyms: temporary, substitue

Antonyms: permanent

Noun: 1. a slight superficial knowledge of a language or subject 

2. a small amount of something 

Synonyms: bit

Antonyms: large amount

Loiter

Verb: 1. stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose 

2. travel indolently and with frequent pauses

Synonyms: linger, stroll

Antonyms: run

Adjective: impundent or irreverent, typically in an endearing or amusing way. 

Synonyms: disrespectful

Antonyms: respectful

Noun: 1. a loss of power, prosperity, or status 

2. the cause of a downfall

Synonyms: ruin, undoing, defeat 

Antonyms: rise

Verb: 1. thrust or spread (things, especially limbs or fingers) out and apart. 

2. (especially of limbs or fingers) be thrust or spread out and apart

3. (of a thing) diverge in shape or postition; become wider or more seperated 

4. construct(a window, doorway, or aperture) so that it diverges or is wider at one side of the wall than the other 

Noun: 1. a widening or outward tapering of something, in particular 

2. a surface making in an oblique angle with another, such as the splayed side of a window embrasure

Adjective: turned outward or widened 

Synonyms: apart, wide

Antonyms: narrow

Adjective: 1. having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell 

2. angry and bitter

Synonyms: bitter, sour, sharp

Antonyms: smooth, kind

Verb: 1. (of a fabric, rope, or cord) unravel or become worn at the edge, typically through constant rubbing

2. (of a person's nerves or temper) show the effects of strain

3. (of a male deer) rub (a bush or small tree) with the head in order to remove the velvet from newly formed antlers or to mark territory during the rut. 

Synonyms: unravel, wear, strain

Antonyms: heal, repair, tie

Verb: 1. impair the appearance of; disfigure 

2. impair the quality of; spoil

Synonyms: spoil, impair, scar

Antonyms: heal, enhance

Verb: 1. split or tear apart violently

2. split or crack(wood or stone)

Synonyms: torn apart, split

Antonyms: put together

Analogy: chisel: rive

tool: its action

Noun: 1. combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect 

2. the quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole

3. agreement or concord 

Synonyms: balance, peace, agreement

Noun: a long-bladed hand tool with a beveled cutting edge and a plain handle that is struck with a hammer or mallet, used to cut or shape wood, stone, metal, or other hard materials 

Verb: 1. cut or shape (something) with a chisel 

2. cheat or swindle(someone) out of something 

Synonyms: engrave, carve

Anology: chisel: rive

tool: its action

Adjective: (especially of sound) sweet and soothing(often used ironically) 

Synonyms: sweet, soothing

Antonyms: harsh

Adjective: 1. denoting wood or stone that has been cut with a toll such as an ax, so that its surface is not smooth

2. not sophisticated, polished, or elegant 

3. denoting or possessing attractively strong or bony facial features 

Synonyms: rough

Antonyms: complex