<p> Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Level F: Unit VI (6) NAME ______WORD BANK anomalous aspersion bizarre brusque cajole castigate contrive demagogue disabuse ennui fetter heinous immutable insurgent megalomania sinecure surreptitious transgress transmute vicarious</p><p>1. CAJOLE (v.) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises</p><p> a. With a smile, a joke, and a second helping of pie, she would ______him into doing what she wanted.</p><p> b. Synonyms: wheedle, inveigle, sot-soap, sweet-talk</p><p> c. Antonyms: coerce, force, strong-arm</p><p>2. ASPERSION (n.) a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming</p><p> a. Think twice before casting ______on his honesty, for he might be telling the truth.</p><p> b. Synonyms: innuendo, calumny, denigration</p><p> c. Antonyms: endorsement, testimonial, praise</p><p>3. FETTER (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</p><p> a. The old phrase “chain gang” refers to prisoners made to work, each joined to the next by linked ______.</p><p>It is said that good inventors do not ______themselves with conventional thinking.</p><p> b. Synonyms: (n.) bond, restraint; (v.) bind, hamper</p><p> c. Antonyms: (v.) free, liberate, emancipate</p><p>4. DEMAGOGUE (n.) a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power</p><p> a. Often show of angry concern conceals the self-serving tactics of a ______.</p><p> b. Synonyms: rabble-rouser, firebrand</p><p>5. VICARIOUS (adj.) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another</p><p> a. In search of ______excitement, we watched movies of action and adventure.</p><p> b. Synonyms: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand</p><p> c. Antonyms: real, actual, firsthand</p><p>6. MEGALOMANIA (n.) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality</p><p> a. Sudden fame and admiration can make people feel unworthy – or it can bring on feelings of ______.</p><p> b. Synonyms: delusions of grandeur</p><p> c. Antonyms: humility, modesty, self-abasement Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Level F: Unit VI (6) NAME ______7. ANOMALOUS (adj.) abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual</p><p> a. Feeling protective of my friend but knowing of his difficulties placed me in an ______position.</p><p> b. Synonyms: exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant</p><p> c. Antonyms: normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary</p><p>8. BRUSQUE (adj.) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities</p><p> a. His request for a large loan for an indefinite amount of time was met with a ______refusal.</p><p> b. Synonyms: curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough</p><p> c. Antonyms: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic</p><p>9. DISABUSE (v.) to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking</p><p> a. He thinks that all women adore him, but my sister will probably ______him of that idea.</p><p> b. Synonyms: undeceive, enlighten, set straight</p><p> c. Antonyms: deceive, delude, pull wool over one’s eyes</p><p>10. IMMUTABLE (adj.) not subject to change, constant</p><p> a. Scientists labored to discover a set of ______laws of the universe.</p><p> b. Synonyms: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable</p><p> c. Antonyms: changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle</p><p>11. INSURGENT (n.) one who rebels against authority; (adj.) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on</p><p> a. George Washington and his contemporaries were ______against Britain.</p><p>The army was confident that they could crush the ______forces.</p><p> b. Synonyms: (adj.) revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous</p><p> c. Antonyms: (adj.) loyalist, loyal, faithful</p><p>12. TRANSGRESS (v.) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law</p><p> a. The penitent citizens promised to never again ______the laws of the land.</p><p> b. Synonyms: overstep, exceed, trespass, err</p><p> c. Antonyms: obey, toe the line Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Level F: Unit VI (6) NAME ______13. CASTIGATE (v.) to punish severely, to criticize severely</p><p> a. After he ______the unruly children, they settled down to study quietly.</p><p> b. Synonyms: chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid</p><p> c. Antonyms: reward, honor, praise, laud</p><p>14. ENNUI (n.) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom</p><p> a. Some people seem to confuse sophistication with ______.</p><p> b. Synonyms: languor, world-weariness, listlessness</p><p> c. Antonyms: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity</p><p>15. SINECURE (n.) a position requiring little or no work; an easy job</p><p> a. The office of the Vice President of the United States was once considered little more than a ______.</p><p> b. Synonyms: “no show” job, cushy job, “plum”</p><p>16. TRANSMUTE (v.) to change from one nature, substance, or form to another</p><p> a. To ______distrust into friendship along that war-torn border will take more than wise politicians and just laws.</p><p> b. Synonyms: transform, convert, translate, metamorphose</p><p> c. Antonyms: maintain unchanged, preserve</p><p>17. BIZARRE (adj.) extremely strange, unusual, atypical</p><p> a. Years from now I will look at this picture and wonder what sort of ______costume I was wearing.</p><p> b. Synonyms: grotesque, fantastic, outlandish</p><p> c. Antonyms: normal, typical, ordinary, expected</p><p>18. CONTRIVE (v.) to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan</p><p> a. She can ______wonderful excuses; but when she tries to offer them, her uneasiness gives her away. </p><p> b. Synonyms: think up, devise, concoct, fabricate</p><p>19. HEINOUS (adj.) very wicked, offensive, hateful </p><p> a. A town so peaceful, quiet, and law-abiding was bound to be horrified by so ______a crime.</p><p> b. Synonyms: evil, odious, abominable, outrageous</p><p> c. Antonyms: excellent, wonderful, splendid</p><p>20. SURREPTITIOUS (adj.) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud</p><p> a. The movie heroine blushed when she noticed the ______glances of her admirer. Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Level F: Unit VI (6) NAME ______b. Synonyms: furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed</p><p> c. Antonyms: open, frank, aboveboard, overt</p>