11 CP American Literature Vocab Unit 6 synonyms

fetter

(n.) a bond, restraint; (v.) to bind, restrain, hamper

demagogue (n.)

a rabble-rouser, firebrand

arbiter (n.)

a referee, arbitrator, mediator, an authority

megalomania (n.)

delusions of grandeur

aspersion (n.)

an innuendo, slander, calumny, denigration

brusque (adj.)

curt, tactless, ungracious, rough

sinecure (n.)

cushy job, a "plum" job

heinous (adj.)

evil, odious, abominable, outrageous

anomalous (adj.)

exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant

surreptitious (adj.)

furtive, clandestine, covert, concealed

bizarre (adj.)

grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

insurgent (n.)

rebellious, mutinous; a revolutionary

vicarious (adj.)

surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand

ennui (n.)

lanquor, world-weariness, listlessness

castigate (v.)

to chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid

vouchsafe (v.)

to concede, deign, bestow, confer; to permit

transmute (v.)

to convert, translate, metamorphose

transgress (v.)

to overstep, exceed, trespass; to err

contrive (v.)

to think up, devise, concoct, fabricate

disabuse (v.)

to undeceive, enlighten, set straight

cajole (v.)

to wheede, inveigle, sweet-talk

immutable (adj.)

unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable