level f unit 6

anomalous

SYNONYMS: exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant, irregular, abnonrmal

anomalous

ANTONYMS: normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary

aspersion

SYNONYMS: innuendo, calumny, denigration, defaming/slandering act, damaging/derogatory statement

aspersion

ANTONYMS: endorsement, testimonial, praise

bizarre

SYNONYMS: strange, unusual, atypical, grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

bizarre

ANTONYMS: normal, typical, ordinary, expected

brusque

SYNONYMS: curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough, abrupt, blunt

brusque

ANTONYMS: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic

cajole

SYNONYMS: coax, persuade, deceive, wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk

cajole

ANTONYMS: coerce, force, strong-arm

castigate

SYNONYMS: punish, criticize, chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid

castigate

ANTONYMS: reward, honor, praise, laud

contrive

SYNONYMS: plan, invent, scheme, think up, devise, concoct, fabricate

demagogue

SYNONYMS: corrupt leader, rabble-rouser, firebrand

disabuse

SYNONYMS: free from error/deception, set right, undeceive, enlighten, set straight

disabuse

ANTONYMS: deceive, delude, pull wool over one’s eyes

ennui

SYNONYMS: weariness, dissatisfaction, boredom, languor, world-weariness, listlessness

ennui

ANTONYMS: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity

fetter

SYNONYMS: (n) chain, shackle, bond, restraitn

(v) bind, hamper, chain, shackle, render helpless/impotent

fetter

ANTONYMS: (v) free, liberate, emancipate

heinous

SYNONYMS: wicked, offensive, hateful, evil, odious, abominable, outrageous

heinous

ANTONYMS: excellent, wonderful, splendid

immutable

SYNONYMS: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable, constant

immutable

ANTONYMS: changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle

insurgent

SYONYMS: (n) rebel (adj) revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous

insurgent

ANTONYMS: (adj) loyalist, loyal, faithful

megalomania

SYNONYMS: delusions of grandeur

megalomania

ANTONYMS: humility, modesty, self-abasement

sinecure

SYNONYMS: no-show job, cushy job, plum, an easy job

surreptitious

SYNONYMS: stealthy, secret, made by fraud, furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed

surreptitious

ANTONYMS: open, frank, aboveboard, overt

transgress

SYNONYMS: overstep, exceed, trespass, err, go beyond, sin, violate

transgress

ANTONYMS: obey, toe the line

transmute

SYNONYMS: change, transform, convert, translate, metamorphose

transmute

ANTONYMS: maintain unchanged, preserve

vicarious

SYNONYMS: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand

vicarious

ANTONYMS: real, actual, firsthand