Unit 6 Level F saldier oxford

Anomalous

(adj.) Abnormal, irregular, atypical, exceptional

Aspersion

(n.) A derogatory statement, innuendo, calumny, denigration

Bizarre

(adj.) extremely strange, grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

Brusque

(adj.) Abrupt, blunt, curt, tactless, ungracious, rough

Cajole

(v.) sweet talk, wheedle,

Castigate

(v.) To punish severely; to critize severely, rebuke, censure, upbraid, chastise

Contrive

(v.) To plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan

Demagogue

(n.) A leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power, rabble-rouser, firebrand

Disabuse

(v.) To free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking, undecieve, enlighten, set straight

Ennui

(n.) Weariness from lack of interest, languor, world-weariness, listlessness

Fetter

(n.) A chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); bond, restraint (v.) to bind, hamper

Heinous

(adj.) Very offensive, odious, abominable, outrageous

Immutable

(adj.) constant, unchangeable, fixed, invariable

Insurgent

(n.) One who rebels or rises against authority;
(adj.) revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous

Megalomania

(n.) A delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality, delusions of grandeur, stuck-up, full of yourself

Sinecure

(n.) an easy job, cushy job, "plum"

Surreptitious

(adj.) Stealthy, secret, furtive, convert, clandestine

Transgress

(v.) To tresspass; to sin, overstep, exceed, err

Transmute

(v.) To transform, convert, translate, metamorphose

Vicarious

(adj.) imagined, surrgate, substitute, secondhand