AP Language: Unit 6 Sadlier Flashcards

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