Unit 6: English Vocab Defs.

Front 1

abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual

Back 1

anomalous

Front 2

a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming

Back 2

aspersion

Front 3

extremely strange, unusual, a typical

Back 3

bizarre

Front 4

abrupt, blunt, with no formalties

Back 4

brusque

Front 5

to coax, persuade through flattery or articfice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises

Back 5

cajole

Front 6

to punish severely; to critize severely

Back 6

castigate

Front 7

to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan

Back 7

contrive

Front 8

a leader who exploids popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

Back 8

demagogue

Front 9

to free from deception or error, set righ tin ideas or thinking

Back 9

disabuse

Front 10

weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom

Back 10

ennui

Front 11

a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural) anything tha tconfines or restrains

v) to chain or shackle, to render helpless or impotent

Back 11

fetter

Front 12

very wicked, offensive, hateful

Back 12

heinous

Front 13

not subject to change, constatn

Back 13

immutable

Front 14

one who rebels or rises against authority

adj) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on

Back 14

insurgent

Front 15

a delusion maked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc. far in excess of reality

Back 15

megalomani

Front 16

a position requiring little or not work; an easy job

Back 16

sinecure

Front 17

stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud

Back 17

surreptitious

Front 18

to go beyond alimit or boundary; to sin, violate a law

Back 18

transgress

Front 19

to change from one nature, substance, or form to another

Back 19

transmute

Front 20

performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another

Back 20

vicarious