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Vicarious
- (adj)
- performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another
- Synonyms: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand
- Antonyms: real, actual, firsthand
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Transmute
- (v)
- to change from one nature, substance, or form to another
- Synonyms: transform, convert, translate, metamorphose
- Antonyms: maintain unchanged, preserve
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Transgress
- (v)
- to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law
- Synonyms: overstep, exceed trespass, err
- Antonyms: obey, toe the line
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Surreptitious
- (adj)
- stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud
- Synonyms: furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed
- Antonyms: open, frank, aboveboard, overt
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Sinecure
- (n)
- a position requiring little or no work, and easy job
Synonym: "no-show" job, cushy job, "plum"
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Megalomania
- (n)
- a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess or reality
- Synonym: delusions of grandeur
- Antonyms: humility, modesty, self-abasement
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Insurgent
- (n) and (adj)
- 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
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Immutable
- (adj)
- not subject to change, constant
- Synonyms: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable
- Antonyms: Changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle
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Heinous
- (adj)
- very wicked, offensive, hateful
- Synonyms: evil, odious, abominable, outrageous
- Antonyms: excellent, wonderful, splendid
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Fetter
- (n) and (v)
- 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
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Ennui
- (n)
- weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom
- Synonyms: languor, world-weariness, listlessness
- Antonyms: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity
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Disabuse
- (v)
- to free from deception or error, to set right in ideas or thinking
- Synonyms: undeceive, enlighten, set straight
- Antonyms: deceive, delude, pull wool over one's eyes
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Demagogue
- (n)
- a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
Synonyms: rabble-rouser, firebrand
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Contrive
- (v)
- to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan
Synonyms: think up, devise, concoct, fabricate
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Castigate
- (v)
- to punish severely; to criticize severely
- Synonyms: chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid
- Antonyms: reward, honor, praise, laud
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Cajole
- (v)
- to coax, persuade though flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises
- Synonyms: wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk
- Antonyms: coerce, force, strong-arm
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Brusque
- (adj)
- abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
- Synonyms: curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough
- Antonyms: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic
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Bizarre
- (adj)
- extremely strange, unusual, atypical
- Synonyms: grotesque, fantastic, outlandish
- Antonyms: normal,typical, ordinary, expected
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Aspersion
- (n)
- a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming
- Synonyms: innuendo, calumny, denigration
- Antonyms: endorsement, testimonial, praise
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Anomalous
- (adj)
- abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual
- Synonyms: exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant
- Antonyms: normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary
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