Unit 6 Level F

abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual

• anomalous
• heinous
• bizarre
• surreptitious

a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering

• aspersion
• transgress
• demagogue
• insurgent

extremely strange, unusual, atypical

• bizarre
• contrive
• immutable
• vicarious

abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

• brusque
• transmute
• disabuse
• ennui

to coax, persuade through flattery; to deceive with false promises

• cajole
• castigate
• fetter
• sinecure

to punish severely; to criticize severely

• castigate
• cajole
• disabuse
• transgress

to plan with ingenuity; to bring about through a plan

• contrive
• transmute
• fetter
• castigate

a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims to get power

• demagogue
• megalomania
• ennui
• sinecure

to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking

• disabuse
• aspersion
• anomalous
• insurgent

weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of interest, boredom

• ennui
• cajole
• brusque
• vicarious