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English Vocab 6

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Anomalous (adj) adnormal, irregular, departing from the usual
Aspiration (n) a damaging or deoriating statement; the act of slandering or defaming
Bizarre (adj) extreamly strange, unusual, atypical
Brusque (adj) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
Cajole (v) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises
Castigate (v) to punish severely, to criticize severely
Contrive (v) to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan
Demagogue (n) a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
Disabuse (v) to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking
Ennui (n) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack occupation or interest, boredom
Fetter (n) a chain or shakle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains (v) to chain or to shackle, to render helpless or impotent
Heinous (adj) very wicked, offenive, hateful
Immutable (adj) not subjective to change, constant
Insurgent (n) one who rebels or rises against authority (adj) rising in revolt, refusing to accept, surging or rushing in or on
Megalomania (n) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, ect... far in excess of reality
Sinecure (n) a position requiring little or no work, an easy job
Surreptitious (adj) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation, made or accomplished by a friend
Transgress (v) to go beyond a limit or boundary, to sin, violate a law
Transmute (v) to change from one nature, substance, or from to another
Vicarious (adj) preformed, suffered, or otherwise experience by one person in a place of another
Syn&Ant: Anomalous Syn: Exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant Ant: normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary
Syn&Ant: Aspersion Syn: innuendo, calumny, denigration \ Ant: endorsement, testimonial, praise
Syn&Ant: Bizarre Syn: grotesque, fantastic, outlandish Ant: normal, typical, ordinary, expected
Syn&Ant: Brusque Syn: curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough Ant: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic
Syn&Ant: Cajole Syn: wheedle, inveigle, soft soap, sweet-talk Ant: coerce, force, strong arm
Syn&Ant: Castigate Syn: chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid Ant: reward, honor, praise, laud
Syn&Ant: Contrive Syn: thinking up, devise, concoct, fabricate
Syn&Ant: Demagogue Syn: rabble-rouser, firebrand
Syn&Ant: Disabuse Syn: undeceive, enlighten, set straight Ant: deceive, delude, pull wool over eyes
Syn&Ant: Ennui Syn: languor, world-weariness, listlessness Ant: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity
Syn&Ant: Fetter Syn: bond, restraint; bind, hamper Ant: free, liberate, emancipate
Syn&Ant: Heinous Syn: evil, odious, abominable, outrageous Ant: excellent, wonderful, splendid
Syn&Ant: Immutable Syn: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable Ant: changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle
Syn&Ant: Insurgent Syn: revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous Ant: loyalist, loyal, faithful
Syn&Ant: Megalomania Syn: delusions of grandeur Ant: humility, modesty, self-abasement
Syn&Ant: Sinecure Syn: a "no-show" job, cushy job
Syn&Ant: Surreptitious Syn: furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed Ant: open, frank, aboveboard, overt
Syn&Ant: Transgress Syn: overstep, exceed, trespass, err Ant: obey, toe the line
Syn&Ant: Transmute Syn: transform, convert, translate, metamorphose Ant: maintain, unchanged, preserve
Syn&Ant: Vicarious Syn: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand Ant: real, actual, firsthand
Created by: aub-ree
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