Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Level F: Unit VI (6)
NAME ___________________________________
WORD BANK
anomalous
castigate
fetter
sinecure
aspersion
contrive
heinous
surreptitious
bizarre
demagogue
immutable
transgress
brusque
disabuse
insurgent
transmute
cajole
ennui
megalomania
vicarious
1. _______________ (v.) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false
promises
a. With a smile, a joke, and a second helping of pie, she would _______________ him into doing what
she wanted.
b. Synonyms: wheedle, inveigle, sot-soap, sweet-talk
c. Antonyms: coerce, force, strong-arm
2. _______________ (n.) a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming
a. Think twice before casting _______________ on his honesty, for he might be telling the truth.
b. Synonyms: innuendo, calumny, denigration
c. Antonyms: endorsement, testimonial, praise
3. _______________ (n.) a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or
restrains; (v.) to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent
a. The old phrase “chain gang” refers to prisoners made to work, each joined to the next by linked
_______________.
It is said that good inventors do not _______________ themselves with conventional thinking.
b. Synonyms: (n.) bond, restraint; (v.) bind, hamper
c. Antonyms: (v.) free, liberate, emancipate
4. _______________ (n.) a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain
power
a. Often show of angry concern conceals the self-serving tactics of a _______________.
b. Synonyms: rabble-rouser, firebrand
5. _______________ (adj.) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another
a. In search of _______________ excitement, we watched movies of action and adventure.
b. Synonyms: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand
c. Antonyms: real, actual, firsthand
6. _______________ (n.) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality
a. Sudden fame and admiration can make people feel unworthy – or it can bring on feelings of
_______________.
b. Synonyms: delusions of grandeur
c. Antonyms: humility, modesty, self-abasement
7. _______________ (adj.) abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual
a. Feeling protective of my friend but knowing of his difficulties placed me in an _______________
position.
b. Synonyms: exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant
c. Antonyms: normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary
8. _______________ (adj.) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
a. His request for a large loan for an indefinite amount of time was met with a _______________ refusal.
b. Synonyms: curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough
c. Antonyms: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic
9. _______________ (v.) to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking
a. He thinks that all women adore him, but my sister will probably _______________ him of that idea.
b. Synonyms: undeceive, enlighten, set straight
c. Antonyms: deceive, delude, pull wool over one’s eyes
10. _______________ (adj.) not subject to change, constant
a. Scientists labored to discover a set of _______________ laws of the universe.
b. Synonyms: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable
c. Antonyms: changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Level F: Unit VI (6)
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11. _______________ (n.) one who rebels against authority; (adj.) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority;
surging or rushing in or on
a. George Washington and his contemporaries were _______________ against Britain.
The army was confident that they could crush the _______________ forces.
b. Synonyms: (adj.) revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous
c. Antonyms: (adj.) loyalist, loyal, faithful
12. _______________ (v.) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law
a. The penitent citizens promised to never again _______________ the laws of the land.
b. Synonyms: overstep, exceed, trespass, err
c. Antonyms: obey, toe the line
13. _______________ (v.) to punish severely, to criticize severely
a. After he _______________ the unruly children, they settled down to study quietly.
b. Synonyms: chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid
c. Antonyms: reward, honor, praise, laud
14. _______________ (n.) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom
a. Some people seem to confuse sophistication with _______________.
b. Synonyms: languor, world-weariness, listlessness
c. Antonyms: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity
15. _______________ (n.) a position requiring little or no work; an easy job
a. The office of the Vice President of the United States was once considered little more than a
_______________.
b. Synonyms: “no show” job, cushy job, “plum”
16. _______________ (v.) to change from one nature, substance, or form to another
a. To _______________ distrust into friendship along that war-torn border will take more than wise
politicians and just laws.
b. Synonyms: transform, convert, translate, metamorphose
c. Antonyms: maintain unchanged, preserve
17. _______________ (adj.) extremely strange, unusual, atypical
a. Years from now I will look at this picture and wonder what sort of _______________ costume I was
wearing.
b. Synonyms: grotesque, fantastic, outlandish
c. Antonyms: normal, typical, ordinary, expected
18. _______________ (v.) to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan
a. She can _______________ wonderful excuses; but when she tries to offer them, her uneasiness gives
her away.
b. Synonyms: think up, devise, concoct, fabricate
19. _______________ (adj.) very wicked, offensive, hateful
a. A town so peaceful, quiet, and law-abiding was bound to be horrified by so _______________ a
crime.
b. Synonyms: evil, odious, abominable, outrageous
c. Antonyms: excellent, wonderful, splendid
20. _______________ (adj.) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud
a. The movie heroine blushed when she noticed the _______________ glances of her admirer.
b. Synonyms: furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed
c. Antonyms: open, frank, aboveboard, overt
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