Vocab 6

Question 1

Arbiter

Answer 1

One chosen or appointed to judge or decide a disputed issue

Question 2

Aspersion

Answer 2

An unfavorable or damaging remark; slander

Question 3

Bizarre

Answer 3

Extremely strange and unusual

Question 4

Brusque

Answer 4

Abrupt and curt in manner or speech. Dis courteously blunt

Question 5

Cajole

Answer 5

To influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.

Question 6

Castigate

Answer 6

To punish or criticize severely

Question 7

Contrive

Answer 7

To plan with cleverness or ingenuity, to devise

Question 8

Demagogue

Answer 8

A leader who appealed to the passions and prejudices of his audience

Question 9

Disabuse

Answer 9

To free from a falsehood or misconception, to set right in ideas or thinking

Question 10

Ennui

Answer 10

The feeling of being bored by something tedious

Question 11

Fetter

Answer 11

A chain or shackle placed on the feet. To restrict the freedom of, shackle

Question 12

Heinous

Answer 12

Shockingly brutal or cruel, hateful

Question 13

Immutable

Answer 13

Not subject or susceptible to change

Question 14

Insurgent

Answer 14

A person who rebels against lawful authority. Rising in revolt against lawful authority

Question 15

Megalomania

Answer 15

A phycological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth and power

Question 16

Sinecure

Answer 16

An office or position which requires little responsibility.

Question 17

Surreptitious

Answer 17

Acting with or marked by stealth, secret.

Question 18

Transgress

Answer 18

To beyond a limit. To violate a law.

Question 19

Transmute

Answer 19

To change from one nature, form, substance, or state in to another

Question 20

Vicarious

Answer 20

Or for the sake of another Suffered or done in place of another, experienced secondhand

Question 21

Vouchsafe

Answer 21

To give in a condescending manner

Question 22

Anomalous

Answer 22

Deviating from the normal