Level F
Unit 6
BIZARRE
Adjective
Definition: extremely strange,
unusual, atypical
Synonyms: grotesque, fantastic,
outlandish
Antonyms: normal, typical,
ordinary, expected
Sentence: The fashion models
dress was so bizarre because it
really looked like a strange
umbrella dress.
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Verb
Definition: to coax, persuade
through flattery or artifice; to
deceive with soothing thoughts
or false promises
Synonyms: wheedle, soft-soap,
sweet talk
Antonyms: coerce, force,
strong-arm
Sentence: He tried to cajole the
creature by coaxing him with
the promise of a treat.
CAJOLE
Verb
Definition: to punish
severely; to criticize severely
Synonyms: chastise,
rebuke, censure, upbraid
Antonyms: reward, honor,
praise, laud
Sentence: Punishment for
crimes in the early 1800’s
often meant that prisoners
were flogged with a whip,
castigated for their crimes
they bore the scars for years.
CASTIGATE
Verb
Definition: to plan with
ingenuity; to bring about
through a plan
Synonyms: think up,
devise, concoct, fabricate
Sentence: Putting on their
thinking cap, the sneaky
students contrived a plan
to cheat on the test.
CONTRIVE
How
can I
cheat?
Noun or Verb
Definition: (n.) a chain or
shackle placed on the feet
(often used in plural); (v.) to
chain or shackle; to render
helpless or impotent
Synonyms: (n.) bond,
restraint; (v.) bind, hamper
Antonyms: (v.) free, liberate,
emancipate
Sentence: The prisoner’s
legs were fettered, shackled
in an effort to keep him from
running away.
FETTER
Adjective
Definition: very wicked,
offensive, hateful
Synonyms: evil, odious,
abominable, outrageous
Antonyms: excellent,
wonderful, splendid
Sentence: The Joker,
Batman’s enemy, was
responsible for many
heinous crimes, he
wrecked havoc on the
citizens of Gotham City
with his odious crimes.
HEINOUS
Noun or Adjective
Definition: (n.) one who rebels or
rises against authority; (adj.)
rising in revolt, refusing to accept
authority; surging or rushing in
or on.
Synonyms: (adj.) revolutionary,
rebellious, mutinous
Antonyms (adj.) loyalist, loyal,
faithful
Sentence: George Washington
and his troops, revolutionaries
were insurgents against the
British.
INSURGENT
Noun
Definition: a delusion marked by a
feeling of power, wealth, talent,
etc…, far in excess of reality.
Synonyms: delusions of grandeur
Antonyms: humility, modesty, selfabasement
Sentence: The kitten had delusions
of grandeur seeing itself more as a
lion instead of a harmless kitten
these feelings of megalomania
made its meow a roar.
MEGALOMANIA
Adjective
Definition: stealthy, secret,
intended to escape observation;
made or accomplished by fraud
Synonyms: furtive, covert,
clandestine, concealed
Antonyms: open, frank,
aboveboard, overt
Sentence: Buzz Lightyear
surreptitously concealed under
a traffic cone crosses the street
trying to avoid detection.
SURREPTITIOUS
Adjective
Definition: performed, suffered,
or otherwise experienced by one
person in place of another
Synonyms: surrogate, substitute,
imagined, secondhand
Antonyms: real, actual, firsthand
Sentence: The rat Ratatouille
lived the life of a chef vicariously
until he was discovered under
Linguini’s hat.
VICARIOUS