strange and unusual

Synonyms:odd, bizzare, eccentric, freakish, quirky, offbeat

ride better, faster, or further than

wholly and completely

Synonyms:start, beginning

frank in stating one's opinions

Synonyms:forthright, direct, candid, frank, straightforward

take apart (a piece of machinery or equipment) in order to examine it and repair it if necessary

Synonyms:repair

done or shown openly

Antonyms:covert, clandestine

Synonyms:cancel, rescind, revoke, repeal, retract, countermand, quash

showing excessive confidence or pride

Synonyms:overconfident, conceited, smug

Antonyms:modest

pleasant to taste

"A very palatable red wine"

Synonyms:tasty, appetizing

an acceptable proposal

to make something less severe or intense, but not to cure it completely

"The drugs palliated pain but have no effect on inflammation"

Synonyms:alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe, assuage

pale, typically because of poor health

Synonyms:pale

flamboyant confidence of style or manner

"The orchestra played with great panache"

Synonyms:flamboyance, confidence, self-assurance

wild and noisy disorder or confusion

Synonyms:bedlam, chaos, mayhem, uproar, turmoil

a view of a wide area

Synonyms:scene, view, vista

universal wisdom or knowledge

Synonyms:model

feeling worried because you believe that other people do not like you

Synonyms:suspicious, distrustful

Synonyms:equipment, stuff, apparatus

become dry through intense heat

Synonyms:scorching, blistering, flaming