Chapter 6 Vocabulary

Question 1

aspersion

Answer 1

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

Question 2

bizarre

Answer 2

Adjective- extremely strange, unusual, atypical

Question 3

brusque

Answer 3

Adjective- abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

Question 4

castigate

Answer 4

Verb- to punish severely; to criticize severely

Question 5

cajole

Answer 5

Verb- to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises

Question 6

contrive

Answer 6

Verb- to plan in ingenuity; to bring about through a plan

Question 7

demagogue

Answer 7

Noun- a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

Question 8

disabuse

Answer 8

Verb- to free from deception or error, to set right in ideas or thinking

Question 9

ennul

Answer 9

Noun- weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation, interest; boredom

Question 10

fetter

Answer 10

Noun- a chain or shackle placed on the feet(often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains; Verb- to chain or shackle, to render helpless

Question 11

heinous

Answer 11

Adjective- very wicked, offensive, hurtful

Question 12

immutable

Answer 12

Adjective- not subject to change, constant

Question 13

insurgent

Answer 13

Noun- one who rebels or rises against authority; Adjective- rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in on

Question 14

megalomania

Answer 14

Noun- a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc; fair in excess of reality

Question 15

sinecure

Answer 15

noun- a position requiring little or no work; an easy job

Question 16

surreptitious

Answer 16

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

Question 17

transgress

Answer 17

Verb- to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law

Question 18

transmute

Answer 18

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

Question 19

vicarious

Answer 19

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

Question 20

anomalous

Answer 20

Adjective- abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual