7512833168 | Anomalous | abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual - s: exceptional, unusual, aberrant/a: normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary | 0 | |
7512840104 | Aspersion | a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming - s: innuendo, calumny/a: endorsement, praise | 1 | |
7512849211 | Bizarre | extremely strange, unusual, atypical - s: grotesque, fantastic, outlandish/a: normal, typical, ordinary, expected | 2 | |
7512857333 | Brusque | abrupt, blunt, with no formalities - s: tactless, ungracious/a: tactful, diplomatic | 3 | |
7512864516 | Cajole | to coax persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises - s: wheedle, inveigle/a: coerce, force | 4 | |
7512874940 | Castigate | to punish severely; to criticize severely - s: chastise, censure/a: honor, praise, laud | 5 | |
7512881060 | Contrive | to plan with ingenuity; to bring about through a plan - s: think up, concoct, fabricate | 6 | |
7512886938 | Demagogue | a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power - s: rabble-rouser, firebrand | 7 | |
7512894370 | Disabuse | to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking - s: undeceive, enlighten/a: deceive, delude, pull wool over one's eyes | 8 | |
7512902946 | Ennui | weariness or dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom - s: languor, world-weariness, listlessness/a: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity | 9 | |
7512913556 | Fetter | a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains; to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent - s: bond, restraint/a: free, liberate, emancipate | 10 | |
7512929794 | Heinous | very wicked, offensive, hateful - s: evil, odious, outrageous/a: excellent, wonderful, splendid | 11 | |
7512935828 | Immutable | not subject to change, constant - s: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable/a: changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle | 12 | |
7512943975 | Insurgent | one who rebels or rises against authority; rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on - s: revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous/a: loyalist, loyal, faithful | 13 | |
7512955188 | Megalomania | a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality - s: delusions of grandeur/a: modesty, self-abasement | 14 | |
7512966168 | Sinecure | a position requiring little or no work; an easy job - s: "no show" job, cushy job, "plum" | 15 | |
7512972067 | Surreptitious | stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud - s: furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed/a: open, frank, aboveboard, overt | 16 | |
7512980395 | Transgress | to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law - s: overstep, trespass/a: obey, toe the line | 17 | |
7512994392 | Transmute | to change from one nature, substance, to form to another - s: transform, convert/a: preserve, maintain | 18 | |
7512999675 | Vicarious | performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another - s: surrogate, secondhand/a: actual, firsthand | 19 |
AP Language: Unit 6 Sadlier Flashcards
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