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

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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

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bizarrebizarre

Adjective: extremely strange, Adjective: extremely strange, unusual, or atypicalunusual, or atypical

GrotesqueGrotesqueFantasticFantasticOutlandishOutlandish

brusquebrusque

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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

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castigatecastigate

Verb: to punish severelyVerb: to punish severelyTo criticize severelyTo criticize severelyChastiseChastiseRebukeRebukeCensureCensureUpbraidUpbraid

contrivecontrive

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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

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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

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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

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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

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immutableimmutable

Adjective: not subject to changeAdjective: not subject to changeConstantConstantFixed Fixed UnalterableUnalterable InvariableInvariableUnchangeableUnchangeable

insurgentinsurgent

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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

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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

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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

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surreptitioussurreptitious

Adjective: StealthyAdjective: StealthySecretSecret Intended to escape observationIntended to escape observationFurtiveFurtiveCovertCovertClandestineClandestineConcealedConcealed

transgresstransgress

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transgresstransgress

Verb: To go beyond a limit or Verb: To go beyond a limit or boundaryboundary

To sinTo sinViolate a lawViolate a lawOverstepOverstepExceedExceedTrespassTrespassErrErr

transmutetransmute

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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

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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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