Unit Six

Question 0

Aspersion

Answer 0

(N) a damaging a derogatory statement, the act of slandering or defaming.

Question 1

Anomalous

Answer 1

(Adj) abnormal, irregular.

Question 2

Castigate

Answer 2

(V) to punish severely; to criticize severely.

Question 3

Contrive

Answer 3

(V) to plan with ingenuity; to bring about through a plan.

Question 4

Disabuse

Answer 4

(V) to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking.

Question 5

Ennui

Answer 5

(N) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom.

Question 6

Heinous

Answer 6

(Adj) very wicked, offensive, hateful.

Question 7

Immutable

Answer 7

(Adj) not subject to change, constant.

Question 8

Megalomania

Answer 8

(N) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc. far in excess of reality.

Question 9

Sincure

Answer 9

(N) a position requiring little or no work.

Question 10

Surreptitious

Answer 10

(Adj) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation, made or accomplished by fraud.

Question 11

Transgress

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Transmute

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Vicarious

Answer 13

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