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Vocabulary Level F
Unit 5
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English
10th Grade
11/17/2008

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Anomalous
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Abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual
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Aspersion
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A damaging or derogatory statement, the act of slandering or defaming
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Bizarre
Definition
extremely strange, unusual, atypical
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Brusque
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Abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
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Cajole
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To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice
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Castigate
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To punish severely; to criticize severely
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Contrive
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to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a sheme or plan
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Demagogue
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a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and prmises in order to gain power
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Disabuse
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to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking
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Ennui
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Weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom
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Fetter
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a chain or shacle placed on the feat
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Heinous
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very wicked, offensive, hateful
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Immutable
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not subject tochange, constant
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Insurgent
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one who rebels or rises against authority
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Megalomania
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a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc.
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Sinecure
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a position requiring little work; an easy job
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Surreptitious
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Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud
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Transgress
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to go beond a limit orboundary; to sin, violate a law
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Transmute
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to change from one naure, substance, r form to another
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Vicarious
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Performed, suffered, or otherwise experience by one person in lace of another
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