unit 6 vocab 2

Question 1

fetter

Answer 1

(n) a chain or shackle placed on the feet; anything that confines or restrains

(v) to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent

Question 2

heinous

Answer 2

(adj) very wicked, offensive, hateful

Question 3

immutable

Answer 3

(adj) not subject to change, constant

Question 4

insurgent

Answer 4

(n) one who rebels or rises against authority

(adj) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on

Question 5

megalomania

Answer 5

(n) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc.

Question 6

sinecure

Answer 6

(n) a position requiring little or no work; an easy job

Question 7

surreptitious

Answer 7

(adj) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud

Question 8

transgress

Answer 8

(v) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law

Question 9

transmute

Answer 9

(v) to change from one nature, substance, or form to another

Question 10

vicarious

Answer 10

(adj) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another