Vocab F Unit 6
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- cajole
- to persuade through flattery or deceive with false promises: wheedle
- transmute
- to change from one nature, form, or substance to another; transform
- bizarre
- extremely strange, outlandish
- heinous
- very wicked, offensive, hateful
- sinecure
- a position requiring little to no work; an easy job
- fetter
- to render helpless; hinder; a chain or shackle placed on the feet
- demagogue
- a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false promises in order to gain power: a rabble rouser
- brusque
- abrupt, blunt, curt
- castigate
- to punish or criticize severely; chastise
- contrive
- to plan with ingenuity; to scheme,concoct
- immutable
- not subject to change; unalterable
- surreptitious
- stealthy, sneaky, furtive; accomplished by fraud
- transgress
- to go beyond a limit or boundary; overstep, trespass
- vicarious
- performed, suffered, or experienced by one person in place of another; secondhand
- insurgent
- one who rebels or rises against authority; mutinous
- anomolous
- abnormal, atypical, irregular
- ennui
- weariness from lack of interest; intense boredom
- aspersion
- a damaging or derogatory statement; denigration
- megalomania
- a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, or talent, far in excess of reality
- disabuse
- to free from deception or error; undeceive