Unit 6 Synonyms Flashcards by Jenna B | Brainscape

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exceptional, unusual, aberrant

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anomalus

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innuendo, calumny

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aspersion

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grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

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bizarre

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tactless, ungracious

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brusque

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wheedle, inveigle

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cajole

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chastise, censure

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castigate

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think up, concoct, fabricate

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contrive

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rabble-rouser, firebrand

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demagogue

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undeceive, enlighten

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disabuse

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languor, world-weariness, listlessness

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ennui

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bond, restraint, bind, hamper

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fetter

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evil, odious, outrageous

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heinous

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unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable

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immutable

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revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous

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insurgent

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delusions of grandeur

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megalomania

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“no-show” job, cushy job, “plum”

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sinecure

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furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed

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surreptitious

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overstep, trespass

A

transgress

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transform, convert

A

transmute

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surrogate, secondhand

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vicarious