1. Vocabulary Unit 6
Level F

2. Anomalous Adj: abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual
How common are
black swans?
Adj: abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual
Synonyms: exceptional, unusual, aberrant
Antonyms: Normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary

3. is this man making about
Aspersion
What kind of comment
is this man making about
the man in the picture?
Noun: a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering
Synonyms: innuendo, calumny
Antonyms: endorsement, praise

4. Bizarre Adjective: extremely strange, unusual, atypical
Synonyms: Grotesque, fantastic, outlandish
Antonyms: Normal, Typical, Ordinary, Expected

5. Brusque Adj: abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
Synonyms: Tactless, Ungracious,
Antonyms: tactful, diplomatic

6. Synonyms: Wheedle, inveigle Antonyms: Coerce, force
Cajole
Verb: to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises
Synonyms: Wheedle, inveigle
Antonyms: Coerce, force

7. Castigate Verb: to punish severely; to criticize severely
Synonym: Chastise, censure
Antonym: Honor, praise, laud

8. Contrive Verb: to plan with ingenuity, invent;
to bring about as the result of a
scheme or plan
Synonyms: Concoct, Fabricate, Think Up

9. Demagogue Noun: a leader who exploits popular prejudices
and uses false claims and promises in order to
gain power.
Synonym: Rebel-Rouser, firebrand,

10. Disabuse Verb: to free from deception or error, set right
in ideas or thinking
Synonyms: undecieve, enlighten
Antonyms: Decieve, delude, pull the wool over one’s eyes

11. Ennui Noun: weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of
occupation or interest; boredom
Synonyms: Languor, world-weariness, listlessness
Antonyms: Enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity.

12. Fetter Noun: a chain or shackle placed on the feet
Synonym (n): Bond, restraint (v): bind, hamper
Antonyms (v) free, liberate, emancipate
Noun: a chain or shackle placed on the feet
(often used in plural); anything that confines
or restrains;
Verb: to chain or shackle; to render helpless
or impotent

13. Heinous Adjective: very wicked, offensive, hateful
Synonyms: Evil, Odious, Outrageous
Antonyms: excellent, wonderful, splendid.
Adjective: very wicked, offensive, hateful
Synonym (adj) evil, odious, abominable, outrageous
Antonym: Excellent, wonderful

14. Immutable Adjective: not subject to change, constant
Synonym: Unchangeable, unalterable, fixed
Antonym: changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle

15. Insurgent Noun: one who rebels or rises against authority;
Adj: rising in revolt; refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on
Synonym (adj): Revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous
Antonym: loyalist, loyal, faithful

16. Antonym: humility, modesty, self abasement
Megalomania
Noun: a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality
Antonym: humility, modesty, self abasement

17. Noun : a position requiring little or no work; an easy job
Sinecure
Noun : a position requiring little or no work; an easy job
Synonym: cushy job

18. Surreptitious
Adj: stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud
Synonym: Furtive, Covert, Clandestine, Concealed
Antonym: open, frank, overt

19. Transgress
Verb: to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law
Synonym: overstep, exceed, trespass
Antonym: obey,

20. Transmute
Verb: to change from one nature, substance to form to another
Synonym: Transform, convert, translate, metamorphose

21. Synonym: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand,
Vicarious
Adj: performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another
Synonym: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand,