Unit 6B

Question 1

(Adj.) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another

Answer 1

Vicarious

Question 2

(Adj.) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud

Answer 2

Surreptitious

Question 3

(Adj.) not subject to change, constant

Answer 3

Immutable

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Megalomania

Question 5

(V.) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law

Answer 5

Transgress

Question 6

(N.) a position requiring little or no work; an easy job

Answer 6

Sinecure

Question 8

(V.) to change from one nature, substance, or form to another

Answer 8

Transmute

Question 12

(trans) (gress)

Answer 12

(gress)

Question 13

(trans) (mute)

Answer 13

(mute)

Question 14

(hei) (nous)

Answer 14

(hei)

Question 15

(fett) (er)

Answer 15

(fett)

Question 16

(vi) (car) (i) (ous)

Answer 16

(car)

Question 17

(surr) (ep) (tit) (ious)

Answer 17

(tit)

Question 18

Syn:(n.) bond, restraint,(v.) bind, hamper

Answer 18

Fetter

Question 19

(Adj.) a very wicked, offensive, hateful

Answer 19

Heinous

Question 20

Syn: overstep, exceed, trespass, err

Answer 20

Transgress

Question 21

(in) (sur) (gent)

Answer 21

(sur)

Question 22

Syn: revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous

Answer 22

Insurgent

Question 23

Syn: delusions of grandeur

Answer 23

Megalomania

Question 24

Ant: (v.) free, liberate, emancipate

Answer 24

Fetter

Question 25

(N.) one who revels or rises against authority; (adj.) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in

Answer 25

Insurgent

Question 26

A town so peaceful, quiet, and law-abiding was bound to be horrified by so _________ a crime

Answer 26

Heinous

Question 27

(meg) (a) (lo) (ma) (ni) (a)

Answer 27

(ma) [the one right before lo and after ni]

Question 28

The old phrase “chain gang” refers to prisoners made to work each joined to the next by linked________

Answer 28

(n.)Fetter

Question 29

Syn: furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed

Answer 29

Surreptitious

Question 30

Syn: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable

Answer 30

Immutable

Question 31

Syn: transform, covert, translate, metamorphose

Answer 31

Transmute

Question 32

Ant: changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle

Answer 32

Immutable

Question 33

Ant: loyalist, loyal, faithful

Answer 33

Insurgent

Question 34

Syn: surrogate, substitute, imagine, secondhand

Answer 34

Vicarious

Question 35

(N.) A chain of shackle placed on the feet ( often used in plural) anything that confines or restrains (v.) to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent

Answer 35

Fetter

Question 36

Ant: maintain unchanged, preserve

Answer 36

Transmute

Question 37

In search of_________excitement, we watched movies of action and adventure

Answer 37

Vicarious

Question 38

Ant: excellent, wonderful, splendid

Answer 38

Heinous

Question 39

(si) (ne) (cure)

Answer 39

(si)

Question 40

It is said that good inventors do not ________ themselves with conventional thinking

Answer 40

(v.)Fetter

Question 41

Ant: humility, modesty, self-abasement

Answer 41

megalomania

Question 42

Scientists labored to discover a set of ________ laws of the universe

Answer 42

Immutable

Question 43

George Washington and his contemporaries were _______ against Britain

Answer 43

(n.)Insurgent

Question 44

Ant: open, frank, aboveboard, overt

Answer 44

Surreptitious

Question 45

The office of Vice President of the United States was once considered little more than a ________

Answer 45

Sinecure

Question 46

Ant: obey, toe the line

Answer 46

Transgress

Question 47

The army was confident that they could crush the ___________ forces

Answer 47

(adj.)Insurgent

Question 48

To _______ distrust into friendship along that war-torn border will take more than wise politicians and just laws

Answer 48

Transmute

Question 49

Sudden fame and admiration can make people feel unworthy- or it can bring feelings of_______

Answer 49

Megalomania

Question 50

(i) (mu) (ta) (ble)

Answer 50

(mut)

Question 50

Syn: "No-show' job, cushy job, "plum"

Answer 50

Sinecure

Question 51

The penitent citizens promised to never again _______ the laws of the land

Answer 51

Transgress

Question 52

Ant: real, actual, firsthand

Answer 52

Vicarious

Question 54

Syn: evil, odious, abominable, outrageous

Answer 54

Heinous