Vocabulary Unit 6 Flashcards
Brusque
Abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
Bizzare
Extremely strange, unusual, atypical
Vicarious
Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another
Surreptitious
Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud
Heinous
Very wicked, offensive, hateful
Immutable
Not subject to change, constant
Anomalous
Abnormal, irregular, departing for the usual
Cajole
To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice, to deceive with false promises
Castigate
To punish severely; criticize severely
Transgress
To go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law
Vouchsafe
To give or furnish condescendingly; to grant
Contrive
To plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan
Disabuse
To free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking
Transmute
To change from one nature, substance, or form to another; to transform
Sinecure
A position requiring little or no work; an easy job
Demagogue
A leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims in order to gain power
Arbiter
One having power to decide a matter at issue; a judge, umpire
Aspersion
A damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering it defaming
Megalomania
A delusion marked by a feeling or power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality
Ennui
Weariness and discontent from the lack of occupation or interest, boredom
Insurgent
One who rebels against authority; (adj.) rising in revolt; surging or rushing to go on
Fetter
A chain or shackle placed on the feet; anything that restrains (v.) to shackle, chain, to make helpless
