Vocabulary Unit 6

Question 1

Brusque

Answer 1

Abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

Question 2

Bizzare

Answer 2

Extremely strange, unusual, atypical

Question 3

Vicarious

Answer 3

Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another

Question 4

Surreptitious

Answer 4

Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud

Question 5

Heinous

Answer 5

Very wicked, offensive, hateful

Question 6

Immutable

Answer 6

Not subject to change, constant

Question 7

Anomalous

Answer 7

Abnormal, irregular, departing for the usual

Question 8

Cajole

Answer 8

To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice, to deceive with false promises

Question 9

Castigate

Answer 9

To punish severely; criticize severely

Question 10

Transgress

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Vouchsafe

Answer 11

To give or furnish condescendingly; to grant

Question 12

Contrive

Answer 12

To plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan

Question 13

Disabuse

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Transmute

Answer 14

To change from one nature, substance, or form to another; to transform

Question 15

Sinecure

Answer 15

A position requiring little or no work; an easy job

Question 16

Demagogue

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Arbiter

Answer 17

One having power to decide a matter at issue; a judge, umpire

Question 18

Aspersion

Answer 18

A damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering it defaming

Question 19

Megalomania

Answer 19

A delusion marked by a feeling or power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality

Question 20

Ennui

Answer 20

Weariness and discontent from the lack of occupation or interest, boredom

Question 21

Insurgent

Answer 21

One who rebels against authority; (adj.) rising in revolt; surging or rushing to go on

Question 22

Fetter

Answer 22

A chain or shackle placed on the feet; anything that restrains (v.) to shackle, chain, to make helpless