Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 6

adj. abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual

exceptional, unusual, aberrant (syn.)

normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary (ant.)

n. a demanding or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming

innuendo, calumny (syn.)

endorsement, praise (ant.)

adj.extremely strange, unusual, atypical

grotesque, fantastic, outlandish (syn.)

normal, typical, ordinary, expected (ant.)

adj. abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

tactless, ungracious (syn.)

tactful, diplomatic (ant.)

v. to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises

wheedle, inveigle (syn.)

coerce, force (ant.)

v. to punish severely; to criticize severely

chastise, censure (syn.)

honor, praise, laud (ant.)

v. to plan with ingenuity; to bring about through a plan

think up, concoct, fabricate (syn.)

n. a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

rabble-rouser, firebrand (syn.)

v. to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking

undeceive, enlighten (syn.)

deceive, delude, pull wool over one's eyes (ant.)

n. weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom

languor, world-weariness, listlessness (syn.)

enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity (ant.)

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

n. bond, restraint; v. bind, hamper (syn.)

v. free, liberate, emancipate (ant.)

adj. very wicked, offensive, hateful

evil, odious, outrageous (syn.)

excellent, wonderful, splendid (ant.)

adj. not subject to change, constant

unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable (syn.)

changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle (ant.)

n. one who rebels or rises against authority

adj. rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on

revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous (syn.)

loyalist, loyal, faithful (ant.)

n. a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality

delusions of grandeur (syn.)

modesty, self-abasement (ant.)

n. a position requiring little or no work; an easy job

"no show" jobs, cushy job, "plum" (syn.)

adj. stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made of accomplished by fraud

furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed (syn.)

open, frank, aboveboard, overt (ant.)

v. to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law

overstep, trespass (syn.)

obey, toe the line (ant.)

v. to change from one nature, substance, or form to another

transform, convert (syn.)

preserve, maintain (ant.)

adj. performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one's person in place of another

surrogate, secondhand (syn.)

actual, firsthand (ant.)