Chapter 6 Synonoms Flashcards by Lizzie Durante

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aspersion

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innuendo, calumny, denigration

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bizarre

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grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

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brusque

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curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough

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cajole

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wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk

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castigate

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chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid

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contrive

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think up, devise, concoct, fabricate

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demagogue

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rabble-rouser, firebrand

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disabuse

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undeceive, enlighten, set straight

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ennui

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languor, world-weariness, listlessness

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fetter

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(n) bond, restraint; (v) bind, hamper

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heinous

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evil, odious, abominable, outrageous

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immutable

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unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable

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insurgent

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(adj) revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous

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megalomania

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delusions of grandeur

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sinecure

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“no show” job, cushy job, “plum”

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transgress

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overstep, exceed, trespass, err

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transmute

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transform, convert, translate, metamorphose

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vicarious

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surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand

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anomalous

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exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant