American Literature and Composition Unit 6 vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Anomalous | (adj.) Abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual |
| Arbiter | (n.) One having power to decide a matter at issue; a judge, umpire, someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue |
| Aspersion | (n.) A damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming, an abusive attack on a person's character or good name |
| Bizarre | (adj.) Extremely strange, unusual, weird |
| Brusque | (adj.) Abrupt, blunt, with no formalities, curt |
| Cajole | (v.) To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice, to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises |
| Castigate | (v.) To punish severely ,criticize severely, scold |
| Contrive | (v.) To plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan; to plot, scheme, devise a way |
| Demagogue | (n.) A leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises to gain power; a leader who appeals to citizens' emotions to obtain power |
| Disabuse | (v.) To free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking, correct a false impression |
| Ennui | (n.) Weariness and discontent from lack of occupation or interest, boredom |
| Fetter | (n.) A chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains (v.) To chain or shackle |
| Heinous | (adj.) Very wicked, offensive, hateful |
| Immutable | (adj.) Not subject to change, constant |
| Insurgent | (n.) One who rebels or rises against authority (adj.) Rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority |
| Megalomania | (n.) A delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality; a form of mental illness in which a person has exaggerated ideas of his or her own importance |
| Sinecure | (n.) A position requiring little or no work; an easy job |
| Surreptitious | (adj.) Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation, marked by quiet and caution and secrecy |
| Transgress | (v.) To go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law |
| Transmute | (v.) To change from one nature, substance, or form to another; to transform |
| Vicarious | (adj.) Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another; experienced at secondhand |
| Vouchsafe | (v.) To give or furnish condescendingly; to grant |
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