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anomalous (adj.) abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual SYNONYMS: exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant ANTONYMS: normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary aspersion (n.) a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming SYNONYMS: innuendo, calumny, denigration ANTONYMS: endorsement, testimonial, praise bizarre (adj.) extremely strange, unusual, atypical SYNONYMS: grotesque, fantastic, outlandish ANTONYMS: normal, typical, ordinary, expected brusque (adj.) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities SYNONYMS: curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough ANTONYMS: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic cajole (v.) to coax, persuade through flattery or atrifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises SYNONYMS: wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk ANTONYMS: coerce, force, strong-arm castigate (v.) to punish severely; to critize severely SYNONYMS: chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid ANTONYMS: reward, honor, praise, laud contrive (v.) to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan SYNONYMS: think up, devise, concoct, fabricate demagogue (n.) a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power SYNONYMS: rabble-rouser, firebrand disabuse (v.) to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking SYNONYMS: undeceive, enlighten, set straight ANTONYMS: deceive, delude, pull wool over one's eyes ennui (n.) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom SYNONYMS: languor, world-weariness, listlessness ANTONYMS: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity 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 SYNONYMS: (n.) bond, restraint; (v.) bind, hamper ANTONYMS: (v.) free, liberate, emancipate heinous (adj.) very wicked, offensive, hateful SYNONYMS: evil, odious, abominable, outrageous ANTONYMS: excellent, wonderful, splendid immutable (adj.) not subject to change, constant SYNONYMS: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable ANTONYMS: changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle insurgent (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 megalomania (n.) 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 sinecure (n.) a position requiring little or no work; an easy job SYNONYMS: "no-show" job, cushy job, "plum" surreptitious (adj.) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud SYNONYMS: furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed ANTONYMS: open, frank, aboveboard, overt transgress (v.) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law SYNONYMS: overstep, exceed, trespass, err ANTONYMS: obey, toe the line transmute (v.) to change from one nature, substance, or form to another SYNONYMS: transform, convert, translate, metamorphose ANTONYMS: maintain unchanged, preserve vicarious (adj.) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another SYNONYMS: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand ANTONYMS: real, actual, firsthand amenable (adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to held responsible SYNONYMS: agreeable, compliant, docile ANTONYMS: unresponsive, resistant, recalcitrant berate (v.) to scold sharply SYNONYMS: chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand ANTONYMS: praise, compliment, pat on the back carnage (n.) large-scale slaughter or loss of life SYNONYMS: butchery, bloodbath, massacre credulous (adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived SYNONYMS: gullible ANTONYMS: dubious, skeptical criterion (n.) a rule, test; a standard judgement or evaluation SYNONYMS: yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon deplete (v.) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly SYNONYMS: exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt ANTONYMS: replenish, refill, restock, resupply expatiate (v.) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely SYNONYMS: elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam ANTONYMS: sketch roughly, summarize, condense, adumbrate extraneous (adj.) coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant SYNONYMS: incidental, extrinsic ANTONYMS: intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane inception (n.) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc. SYNONYMS: commencement, inauguration, outset ANTONYMS: completion, conclusion, termination infirmity (n.) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.) SYNONYMS: affliction, malady, defect jejune (adj.) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile SYNONYMS: vapid, insipid, puerile, childish ANTONYMS: stimulating, mature obdurate (adj.) stubborn, unyielding SYNONYMS: obstinate, adamant ANTONYMS: yielding, tractable, flexible potpourri (n.) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent SYNONYMS: hodgepodge, melange, farrago, medley ANTONYMS: homogenous or uniform group precocious (adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity) SYNONYMS: forward, gifted, advanced ANTONYMS: backward, retarded, slow sadistic (adj.) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel SYNONYMS: brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish ANTONYMS: masochistic, clement, humane, merciful sententious (adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy SYNONYMS: aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic ANTONYMS: discursive, diffuse, episodic supplicate (v.) to beg earnestly and humbly SYNONYMS: plead, petition, implore, entreat surfeit (n.) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; (v.) to feed or supply with anything to excess SYNONYMS: (n.) excess, glut; (v.) cloy, satiate ANTONYMS: (n.) dearth, paucity, lack tortuous (adj.) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious SYNONYMS: circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthine ANTONYMS: direct, straight, straightforward turgid (adj.) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; over decorated or excessive in language SYNONYMS: inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown ANTONYMS: muted, understated, unadorned, austere