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Vocab 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual | anomalous |
| exceptional, unusual, aberrant / normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary | anomalous |
| a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming | aspersion |
| innuendo, calumny / endorsement, praise | aspersion |
| extremely strange, unusual, atypical | bizarre |
| grotesque, fantastic, outlandish / normal, typical, ordinary, expected | bizarre |
| abrupt, blunt, with no formalities | brusque |
| tactless, ungracious / tactful, diplomatic | brusque |
| to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice/ to deceive with sooting thoughts or false promises | cajole |
| wheedle, inveigle / coerce, force | cajole |
| to punish severely; to criticize severely | castigate |
| chastise, censure / honor, praise, laud | castigate |
| to plan with ingenuity; to bring about through a plan | contrive |
| think up, concoct, fabricate / | contrive |
| a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power | demagogue |
| rabble-rouser, firebrand | demagogue |
| to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking | disabuse |
| undeceive, enlighten / deceive, delude, pull wool over one's eyes | disabuse |
| weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom | ennui |
| languor, world-weariness, listlessness / enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity | ennui |
| 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 |
| bond, restraint; bind hamper / free, liberate, emancipate | fetter |
| very wicked, offensive, hateful | heinous |
| evil, odious, outrageous / excellent, wonderful, splendid | heinous |
| not subject to change, constant | immutable |
| unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable / changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle | immutable |
| one who rebels or rises against authority; rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on | insurgent |
| revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous / loyalist, loyal, faithful | insurgent |
| a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc; far in excess of reality | megalomania |
| delusions of grandeur / modest. self-abasement | megalomania |
| a position requiring little or no work; an easy job | sinecure |
| "no show" job, cushy job, "plum" | sinecure |
| stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation;; made or accomplished by fraud | surreptitious |
| furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed / open, frank, aboveboard, overt | surreptitious |
| to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law | transgress |
| overstep, trespass / obey, toe the line | transgress |
| to change from one nature, substance, or form to another | transmute |
| transform, convert / preserve, maintain | transmute |
| performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another | vicarious |
| surrogate, secondhand / actual, firsthand | vicarious |
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