Ant. Theory, speculation, assumption, ideal, conjecture, abstraction.
Practice, v. Do, perform, exercise, carry out, execute; teach, train; habituate, try; apply, use; pursue.
Ant. Abandon, misuse, disuse, neglect, disregard, slight, omit, pass over.
Praise, n. Applause, approval, cheering, compliment, acclaim, adulation, acclamation, approbation, cheers, plaudit, eulogy, encomium, flattery, laudation, panegyric, sycophancy.
Ant. Abuse, blame, censure, contempt, reproach, ignominy, slander, scorn, obloquy, animadversion, condemnation, denunciation, disapprobation, disparagement, vituperation, reproof, disapproval, repudiation, hissing, vilification.
Praise, v. Laud, eulogize, celebrate, magnify, glorify; honor, commend; applaud, extol, compliment.
Ant. Decry, blame, censure, reprove, disparage, depreciate, discredit, traduce, condemn.
Pray. Ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, invoke, petition, supplicate, request, importune, bid, plead, call upon, conjure.
Precarious. Doubtful, dubious, hazardous, perilous, risky, insecure, uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, unstable, unassured.
Ant. Firm, settled, stable, sure, certain, real, undoubted, unquestionable, actual, assured, immutable, incontestable, undeniable, infallible, strong, steady.