Unit 6 Vocab
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- cajole
- to coax, persuade through flattery, wheedle, sweet-talk (v.)
- ennui
- weariness or dissatisfaction from lack of interest, boredom (n.)
- surreptitious
- secret, intended to escape observation, made or accomplished by fraud (v.)
- fetter
- a chain or shackle placed on feet, restraint (n.) to chain or shackle, bind, to render helpless (v.)
- disabuse
- to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking, enlighten (v.)
- castigate
- to punish severely, to criticize, chastise, rebuke (v.)
- insurgent
- one who rebels or rises against authority (n.) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority, rebellious (adj.)
- transmute
- to change from one nature, form to another, transform, convert (v.)
- bizarre
- extremely strange, unusual, grotesque (adj.)
- demagogue
- a leader who exploits popular prejudices and promises in order to gain power (n.)
- sinecure
- a position requiring little or no work; an easy job (n.)
- immutable
- not subject to change, constant, unchangeable (adj.)
- heinous
- very wicked, offensive, hateful, evil (adj.)
- transgress
- to go beyond a limit or boundary, to sin, violate a law, exceed (v.)
- megalomania
- a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, or talent; far in excess of reality (n.)
- contrive
- to invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan, think up, devise, concoct (v.)
- brusque
- abrupt, blunt, tactless, ungracious, rough (adj.)
- vicarious
- performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by someone in place of another, substitute, secondhand (adj.)
- anomalous
- abnormal, irregular, unusual, exceptional (n.)
- aspersion
- a damaging or derogatory statement, denigration (n.)