Vocabulary Workshop Level F Sadlier-Oxford Unit 6
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23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Brusque | abrupt, blunt, with no formalities |
| Demagogue | a leader who exploits popular prejudices and fals claims and promises in order to gain power |
| Cajole | to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to dceive with soothing thoughts or false promises |
| Ennui | weariness and discontent from lack of occupation or interest, boredom |
| Anomalous | abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual |
| Contrive | to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan |
| Disabuse | to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking |
| Arbiter | one having power to decide a matter at issue; a judge, umpire |
| Bizarre | extremely strange, unusual, atypical |
| Castigate | to punish severely; criticize severely |
| Aspersion | a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming |
| Vouchsafe | to give or furnish condescendingly; to grant |
| Megalomania | a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth talent, etc., far in excess of reality |
| Surreptitious | stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud |
| Transmute | to change from one nature, substance, or form to another; to transform |
| Immutable | not subject to change, constant |
| Transgress | to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law |
| Heinous | very wicked, offensive, hateful |
| Insurgent (noun) | one who rebels or rises against authority |
| Insurgent (adjective) | rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on |
| Fetter (noun) | a chain or shackle placed on the feet |
| Fetter (verb) | to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent |
| Vicarious | performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another |
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