Vocab Unit 6 Flashcards

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Aspersion

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Damaging or derogatory statement

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Anomalous

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Abnormal, irregular

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Bizarre

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Extremely strange

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Brusque

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Abrupt, blunt

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Cajole

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To coax, persuade through flattery

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Castigate

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To punish or criticize severely

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Contrive

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To plan with ingenuity, invent

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Demagogue

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A leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

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Disabuse

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To free from deception it error, set right in ideas or thinking

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Ennui

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Weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of interest, boredom

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Fetter

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A chain it shackle placed on feet

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Heinous

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Offensive

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Immutable

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Not subject to change

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Insurgent

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One who rebels or rises against authority

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Megalomania

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A delusion marked by a feeling of power

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Sinecure

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A position requiring little or no work

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Surreptitious

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Stealthy, secret

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Transgress

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To go beyond a limit of boundary, to sin

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Transmute

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To change from one substance to another

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Vicarious

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Experienced by in person in place of another