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Vocab Test 3.3
Vocab Test Three of the 3rd marking period
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Def: Abrupt, blunt, with no formalities | brusque |
| Def: A leader who exploits popular predjudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power | demagogue |
| Def: To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to decieve with soothing thoughts or false promises | cajole |
| Def: Weariness and discontent from lack of occupation or interest, boredom | ennui |
| Def: Abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual | anomalous |
| Def: To plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about us the result of a scheme or plan | contrive |
| Def: To free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking | disabuse |
| Def: One having power to decide a matter at issue; a judge, umpire | arbiter |
| Def: Extremely strange; unusual, atypical | bizarre |
| Def: To punish severely; criticize serverely | castigate |
| Def: A damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming | aspersion |
| Def: To give or furnish condescendingly; to grant | vouchsafe |
| Def: A delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality | megalomania |
| Def: Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud | surreptitious |
| Def: To change from one nature, substance, or form to another; to transform | transmute |
| Def: Not subject to change, constant | immutable |
| Def: To go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law | trangress |
| Def: Very wicked, offensive, hateful | heinous |
| Def: One who rebels or rises against authority; rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on | insurgent |
| Def: A chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains; to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent | fetter |
| Def: A position requiring little or no work; an easy job | sinecure |
| Def: Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another | vicarious |
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K.W