abrupt, blunt, with no formalities, curt, tactless, ungracious, rough

leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power, a rabble-rouser, firebrand

to coax, persuade through flattery/artifice, to wheedle, inveigle, softsoap,sweet-talk

weariness, discontent, lack of interest, boredom, languor, world-weariness, listlessness

abnormal, irregular, grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

to plan with ingenuity, invent, scheme, to think up, devise, concoct, fabricate

to free from deception or error, set right, to undeceive, enlighten, set straight

one having power to decide a matter at issue, judge, umpire, referee, arbitrator, mediator, authority

extremely strange, unusual, exceptional, atypical, aberrant

to punish severely, criticize,, chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid

a damaging or derogatory statement, act of slandering/defaming, an innuendo, slander, calumny, denigration

to give/furnish condescendingly, to grant, concede, deign, bestow, confer, permit

delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, delusions of grandeur

stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation, furtive, clandestine, covert, concealed

to change from one nature, substance, or form to another, to transform, convert, translate, metamorphose

not subject to change, constant, unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable

to go beyond a limit or boundary, to sin, violate a law, overstep, exceed, trespass, err

very wicked, offensive, hateful, evil, odious, abominable, outrageous

one who rebels/rises against authority, rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority, rebellious, mutinous, a revolutionary

chain/shackle, anything that confines/restrains, bond, to bind, hamper

a position requiring little or no work, easy job, cushy job, "plum"

performed/suffered/experienced by one person in place of another, surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand

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vocab 6

Question	Answer
brusque	abrupt, blunt, with no formalities, curt, tactless, ungracious, rough
demagogue	leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power, a rabble-rouser, firebrand
cajole	to coax, persuade through flattery/artifice, to wheedle, inveigle, softsoap,sweet-talk
ennui	weariness, discontent, lack of interest, boredom, languor, world-weariness, listlessness
anomalous	abnormal, irregular, grotesque, fantastic, outlandish
contrive	to plan with ingenuity, invent, scheme, to think up, devise, concoct, fabricate
disabuse	to free from deception or error, set right, to undeceive, enlighten, set straight
arbiter	one having power to decide a matter at issue, judge, umpire, referee, arbitrator, mediator, authority
bizarre	extremely strange, unusual, exceptional, atypical, aberrant
castigate	to punish severely, criticize,, chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid
aspersion	a damaging or derogatory statement, act of slandering/defaming, an innuendo, slander, calumny, denigration
vouchsafe	to give/furnish condescendingly, to grant, concede, deign, bestow, confer, permit
megalomania	delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, delusions of grandeur
surreptitious	stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation, furtive, clandestine, covert, concealed
transmute	to change from one nature, substance, or form to another, to transform, convert, translate, metamorphose
immutable	not subject to change, constant, unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable
transgress	to go beyond a limit or boundary, to sin, violate a law, overstep, exceed, trespass, err
heinous	very wicked, offensive, hateful, evil, odious, abominable, outrageous
insurgent	one who rebels/rises against authority, rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority, rebellious, mutinous, a revolutionary
fetter	chain/shackle, anything that confines/restrains, bond, to bind, hamper
sinecure	a position requiring little or no work, easy job, cushy job, "plum"
vicarious	performed/suffered/experienced by one person in place of another, surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand

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