Unit 6 SAT Vocabulary As seen in Jerome Shostak’s Vocabulary Workshop Sadlier-Oxford, 2005.
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Unit 6 SAT VocabularyUnit 6 SAT Vocabulary
As seen in Jerome Shostak’s As seen in Jerome Shostak’s Vocabulary WorkshopVocabulary Workshop
Sadlier-Oxford, 2005Sadlier-Oxford, 2005
anomalousanomalous
Adjective: abnormal, irregularAdjective: abnormal, irregularDeparting from the usualDeparting from the usualExceptionalExceptionalAtypicalAtypicalUnusualUnusualAberrantAberrant
aspersionaspersion
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aspersionaspersion
Noun: a damaging or derogatory Noun: a damaging or derogatory statementstatement
The act of slandering or defamingThe act of slandering or defaming InnuendoInnuendoCalumnyCalumnyDenigrationDenigration
bizarrebizarre
Adjective: extremely strange, Adjective: extremely strange, unusual, or atypicalunusual, or atypical
GrotesqueGrotesqueFantasticFantasticOutlandishOutlandish
brusquebrusque
Adjective: abrupt, blunt, with no Adjective: abrupt, blunt, with no formalitiesformalities
CurtCurtTactlessTactlessUngraciousUngraciousGruffGruffRoughRough
cajolecajole
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cajolecajole
Verb: Verb: To coaxTo coax Persuade through flattery or artifice Persuade through flattery or artifice To deceive with soothing thoughts or false To deceive with soothing thoughts or false
promisespromises WheedleWheedle InveigleInveigle Soft-soapSoft-soap Sweet-talkSweet-talk
castigatecastigate
Verb: to punish severelyVerb: to punish severelyTo criticize severelyTo criticize severelyChastiseChastiseRebukeRebukeCensureCensureUpbraidUpbraid
contrivecontrive
Verb: to plan with ingenuityVerb: to plan with ingenuityTo inventTo inventTo bring about with a plan or a To bring about with a plan or a
schemeschemeThink upThink upDeviseDeviseConcoctConcoctFabricateFabricate
demagoguedemagogue
Noun: a leader who exploits popular Noun: a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain powerpromises in order to gain power
Rabble-rouserRabble-rouserFirebrandFirebrand
disabusedisabuse
Verb: to free from deception or errorVerb: to free from deception or errorSet right in ideas or thinkingSet right in ideas or thinkingEnlightenEnlightenSet straightSet straightUndeceiveUndeceive
ennuiennui
Noun: weariness and dissatisfaction Noun: weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interestfrom lack of occupation or interest
BoredomBoredomListlessnessListlessnessLanguor Languor World-wearinessWorld-weariness
fetterfetter
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fetterfetter
Noun: A chain or shackle placed on the Noun: A chain or shackle placed on the feet (often plural)feet (often plural)
Anything that confines or restrainsAnything that confines or restrains Bond or restraintBond or restraint
Verb: to chain or shackleVerb: to chain or shackle To render helpless or impotentTo render helpless or impotent Bind or hamperBind or hamper
heinousheinous
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heinousheinous
Adjective: Very wickedAdjective: Very wickedOffensiveOffensiveHatefulHatefulEvilEvilOdiousOdiousAbominableAbominableOutrageousOutrageous
immutableimmutable
Adjective: not subject to changeAdjective: not subject to changeConstantConstantFixed Fixed UnalterableUnalterable InvariableInvariableUnchangeableUnchangeable
insurgentinsurgent
Noun: One who rebels or rises against Noun: One who rebels or rises against authorityauthority
Adjective: Rising in revoltAdjective: Rising in revolt Refusing to accept authorityRefusing to accept authority Rushing in or onRushing in or on RevolutionaryRevolutionary RebelliousRebellious MutinousMutinous
megalomaniamegalomania
Noun: a delusion marked by a Noun: a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc. feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc. that is far in excess of realitythat is far in excess of reality
Delusions of grandeurDelusions of grandeur
sinecuresinecure
Noun: A position requiring little or no Noun: A position requiring little or no workwork
An easy jobAn easy jobCushy jobCushy job““Plum”Plum”““No-show” jobNo-show” job
surreptitioussurreptitious
Adjective: StealthyAdjective: StealthySecretSecret Intended to escape observationIntended to escape observationFurtiveFurtiveCovertCovertClandestineClandestineConcealedConcealed
transgresstransgress
Verb: To go beyond a limit or Verb: To go beyond a limit or boundaryboundary
To sinTo sinViolate a lawViolate a lawOverstepOverstepExceedExceedTrespassTrespassErrErr
transmutetransmute
Verb: to change from one nature, Verb: to change from one nature, substance, or form to anothersubstance, or form to another
TransformTransformConvertConvertTranslateTranslateMetamorphoseMetamorphose
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vicariousvicarious
Adjective: Performed, suffered, or Adjective: Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person otherwise experienced by one person in place of anotherin place of another
SurrogateSurrogateSubstituteSubstitute ImaginedImaginedSecondhandSecondhand
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