Chapter 6     abnormal, irregular, adjective a damaging or derogatory statement, noun extremely strange, adjective abrupt, blunt, adjective to coax, persuade, verb to punish severely, verb to plan with ingenuity, verb a leader who exploits popular prejudices to gain power, noun to free from deception, verb weariness and dissatisfaction, boredom, noun a chain or shackle, noun very wicked, offensive, hateful, adjective not subject to change, adjective one who rebels, noun a delusion marked by feeling in power, noun an easy job, noun stealthy, secret, covert, adjective to go beyond a limit or boundary, verb to change from ones nature, verb performed or experienced by one person in place of another    

1. anomalous

abnormal, irregular, adjective

2. aspersion

a damaging or derogatory statement, noun

3. bizarre

extremely strange, adjective

4. brusque

abrupt, blunt, adjective

5. cajole

to coax, persuade, verb

6. castigate

to punish severely, verb

7. contrive

to plan with ingenuity, verb

8. demagogue

a leader who exploits popular prejudices to gain power, noun

9. disabuse

to free from deception, verb

10. ennui

weariness and dissatisfaction, boredom, noun

11. fetter

a chain or shackle, noun

12. heinous

very wicked, offensive, hateful, adjective

13. immutable

not subject to change, adjective

14. insurgent

one who rebels, noun

15. megalomania

a delusion marked by feeling in power, noun

16. sinecure

an easy job, noun

17. surreptitious

stealthy, secret, covert, adjective

18. transgress

to go beyond a limit or boundary, verb

19. transmute

to change from ones nature, verb

20. vicarious

performed or experienced by one person in place of another