Level F

Unit 6

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.

BIZARRE

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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

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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, self-abasement

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