SAT Vocabulary Unit 6SAT Vocabulary Unit 6

AnomalousAnomalous

(adj) abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual

Syn: exceptional, atypical

Ant: normal, customary

*Aspersion*Aspersion(n) damaging or derogatory statement

Syn: innuendo, denigration

Ant: endorsement, praise

BizarreBizarre

• (adj) extremely strange, unusual, atypical– Syn: grotesque, outlandish– Ant: ordinary, expected

BrusqueBrusque

• (adj) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities– Syn: curt, tactless– Ant: gracious, diplomatic

CajoleCajole

(v) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises– Syn: wheedle, sweet-talk– Ant: coerce, force

CastigateCastigate

• (v) to punish severely; to criticize heavily– Syn: chastise, rebuke– Ant: reward, laud

ContriveContrive

(v) to plan with ingenuity; invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan– Syn: devise, concoct

*Demagogue*Demagogue

(n) a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power– Syn: firebrand, rabble-rouser

DisabuseDisabuse

(v) to free from deception or error; set right in ideas or thinking– Syn: enlighten, set straight– Ant: deceive, delude

EnnuiEnnui(n) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of

occupation or interest; boredom– Syn: languor, listlessness– Ant: enthusiasm, intensity

*Fetter*Fetter(n) a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often

used in the plural); anything that confines or restrains; (v) to chain or shackle; to render helpless– Syn: (n) restraint; (v) bind– Ant: (v) liberate, emancipate

*Heinous*Heinous

• (adj) very wicked, offensive, hateful– Syn: odious, abominable– Ant: excellent, wonderful

*Immutable*Immutable(adj) not subject to change; constant

– Syn: unalterable, invariable– Ant: variable, fickle

InsurgentInsurgent

• (n) one who rebels or rises against authority; (adj) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or in– Syn: revolutionary, mutinous– Ant: loyalist, faithful

MegalomaniaMegalomania

• (n) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc. that is far in excess of reality– Syn: delusions of grandeur– Ant: humility, modesty

*Sinecure*Sinecure

• (n) a position requiring little or no work; an easy job– Syn: cushy, “no-brainer”

SurreptitiousSurreptitious

• (adj) stealthy, secret, intended to escape notice or observation; made or accomplished by fraud– Syn: furtive, clandestine– Ant: open, overt

TransgressTransgress

• (v) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to violate a law; to sin– Syn: overstep, exceed– Ant: obey

*Transmute*Transmute(v) to change from one nature, substance, or form

to another– Syn: transform, convert– Ant: preserve, maintain

VicariousVicarious

• (adj) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another– Syn: surrogate, substitute– Ant: actual, firsthand