Unit 6 Vocabulary Workbook

Question 1

Anomalous

Answer 1

Abnormal or irregular

Question 2

Aspersion

Answer 2

A damaging or derogatory statement

Question 3

Bizarre

Answer 3

Extremely strange or unusual

Question 4

Brusque

Answer 4

Abrupt or blunt

Question 5

Cajole

Answer 5

To persuade through flattery or artifice

Question 6

Castigate

Answer 6

To punish or criticize severely

Question 7

Contrive

Answer 7

To bring about through a plan

Question 8

Demagogue

Answer 8

A leader who exploits false claims and promises to gain power

Question 9

Disabuse

Answer 9

To free from deception or error

Question 10

Ennui

Answer 10

Weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of interest

Question 11

Fetter

Answer 11

Anything that confines or constrains

Question 12

Heinous

Answer 12

Very wicked, offensive or hateful

Question 13

Immutable

Answer 13

Not subject to change, constant

Question 14

Insurgent

Answer 14

One who rebels or rises against authority

Question 15

Megalomania

Answer 15

A delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent etc.

Question 16

Sinecure

Answer 16

A position requiring little or no work; an easy job

Question 17

Surreptitious

Answer 17

Stealthy, secret, intended to scape observation

Question 18

Transgress

Answer 18

To go beyond a limit or boundary

Question 19

Transmute

Answer 19

To change form one nature, substance, or form to another

Question 20

Vicarious

Answer 20

Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another