UNDERLINES Antonyms

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• express a negative opinion of

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

• the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

• interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan

• a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

• an amount or percentage deducted

• bar from attention or consideration

• give a reduction in price on

• lack of attention and due care

• willful lack of care and attention

• refuse to acknowledge

• bar from attention or consideration

• give little or no attention to

• represent as less significant or important

• understate the importance or quality of

• refuse to acknowledge

• bar from attention or consideration

• fail to notice

• give little or no attention to

• be ignorant of or in the dark about

• make small or insignificant

• represent as less significant or important

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• not clearly expressed or understood

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• difficult to find

• not famous or acclaimed

• not drawing attention

• remote and separate physically or socially

• make less visible or unclear

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• make unintelligible or unclear

• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• a high place affording a good view

• look past, fail to notice

• be oriented in a certain direction

• leave undone or leave out

• look down on

• watch over