Vocab Unit 6

Question 0

Aspersion

Answer 0

Damaging or derogatory statement

Question 1

Anomalous

Answer 1

Abnormal, irregular

Question 2

Bizarre

Answer 2

Extremely strange

Question 3

Brusque

Answer 3

Abrupt, blunt

Question 4

Cajole

Answer 4

To coax, persuade through flattery

Question 5

Castigate

Answer 5

To punish or criticize severely

Question 6

Contrive

Answer 6

To plan with ingenuity, invent

Question 7

Demagogue

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Disabuse

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Ennui

Answer 9

Weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of interest, boredom

Question 10

Fetter

Answer 10

A chain it shackle placed on feet

Question 11

Heinous

Answer 11

Offensive

Question 12

Immutable

Answer 12

Not subject to change

Question 13

Insurgent

Answer 13

One who rebels or rises against authority

Question 14

Megalomania

Answer 14

A delusion marked by a feeling of power

Question 15

Sinecure

Answer 15

A position requiring little or no work

Question 16

Surreptitious

Answer 16

Stealthy, secret

Question 17

Transgress

Answer 17

To go beyond a limit of boundary, to sin

Question 18

Transmute

Answer 18

To change from one substance to another

Question 19

Vicarious

Answer 19

Experienced by in person in place of another