unit 6 book f
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arechavalas on October 14, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 anomalous | (adj.) abnormal, irregular |
| aspersion | (n.) a damaging or derogatory statement; innuendo |
| bizzare | (adj.) extremely strange |
| brusque | (adj.) abrupt, blunt |
| cajole | (v.) to persuade through flattery |
| castigate | (v.) to punish severely |
| contrive | (v.) to invent |
| demagogue | (n.) a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims in order to gain power |
| disabuse | (v.) to free from deception or error |
| ennui | (n.) weariness or dissatisfaction from lack of interest |
| fetter | (n.) a chain placed on the feet; (v.) to chain; to render |
| heinous | (adj.) very wicked, evillll |
| immutable | (adj.) constant |
| insurgent | (n.) one who rebels against authority; (adj.) refusing to accept authority |
| megalomania | (n.) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, etc |
| sinecure | (n.) an easy job |
| surreptitious | (adj.) secret; accomplished by fraud |
| transgress | (v.) to go beyond a boundary; to sin |
| transmute | (v.) to change from one nature, substance, or form to another |
| vicarious | (adj.) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another (baby mamaa!) |
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