Vocab 6 F Flashcards
Exceptional, unusual, aberrant
anomalous
normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary
ant. anomalous
innuendo, calumny
aspersion
endorsement, praise
ant aspersion
grotesque, fantastic, outlandish
bizarre
normal, typical, ordinary, expected.
ant. bizarre
tactless, ungracious
brusque
tactful, diplomatic
ant. brusque
wheedle, inveigh
cajole
coerce, force.
ant. cajole
chastise, censure
castigate - to punish severely.
honor, praise, laud
ant. castigate
think up, concoct, fabricate
contrive - to plan with ingenuity, ingeniously.
rabbl-rouser, firebrand
demagogue - a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power.
undeceive, enlighten
disabuse - to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking.
deceive, delude, pull wool over one’s eyes
ant disabuse
languor, world-weariness, listlessness
ennui
enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity
ant. ennui
bond, restraint
fetter (noun)
bind, hamper
fetter (verb)
free, liberate, emancipate
ANT. fetter
evil, odious, outrageous
heinous - terrible, crime
wonderful, spendid, excellent
ant. heinous
unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable.
immutable - not be able to be changed
changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle
ant. immutable
revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous
Insurgent - rebel or rebellious
loyalist, loyal, faithful
ant. insurgent
delusion of grandeur
megalomania
modesty, self-abasement
ant. megalomania
no-show job, cushy job, plum
sinecure
furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed
surreptitious
open, frank, aboveboard, overt
ant. surreptitious
overstep, tresspass
transgress
obey, toe the line
ant. transgress
transform, convert
transmute
preserve, maintain
ant transmute.
surrogate, secondhand
vicarious
actual, firsthand
vicarious