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Wk. 12 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| transmute | (V) to change from one nature, substance, or form to another |
| transmute(SYN) | (SYN) transform, convert, translate, metamorphose |
| transgress | (V) to go beyond o limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law |
| transgress(SYN) | (SYN) overstep, exceed, tresspass, err |
| surreptitious | (ADJ.)stealthy, secret, intended to escae observation; Made or accomplished by fraud |
| surrptitious (SYN) | (SYN) furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed |
| vicarious | (ADJ.)performed, suffered, or otherwise experiened by one person in place of another |
| vicarious(SYN) | (SYN) surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand |
| sinecure | (N)a position requiring little or no work; an easy job |
| sinecure(SYN) | (SYN) no-show job, cushy job, "plum" |
| fetter | (N) a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains; (V)to chain or shackle; to render hepless or impotent |
| fetter (SYN) | (SYN)bond, restraint, bind, hamper |
| insurgent | (N)one who rebels or rises against authority; (ADJ) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on |
| insurgent (SYN) | (SYN) revolutionry, rebellious, mutinous |
| immutable | (ADJ.)not subject to change, constant |
| immutable(SYN) | (SYN) unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable |
| heinous | (ADJ) very wicked, offensive, hateful |
| heinous(SYN) | (SYN)evil, odious, abominable, outrageous |
| megalomania | (N) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talet, ect., far in excess of reality |
| megalomania (SYN) | (SYN) delusion of grandeur |