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Vocabulary Unit 6

Vocabulary Unit 6. Second set of 10 words. fetter. It is said that good inventors do not fetter themselves with conventional thinking. The old phrase “chain gang” refers to prisoners made to work, each joined to the next by linked fetters . . fetter.

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Vocabulary Unit 6

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 6 Second set of 10 words

  2. fetter • It is said that good inventors do not fetter themselves with conventional thinking. • The old phrase “chain gang” refers to prisoners made to work, each joined to the next by linked fetters.

  3. fetter • (n.) a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains; (v.) to chain or shackle; to render helpless • S: (n.) bond, restraint; (v.) bind, hamper • A: (v.) free, liberate, emancipate

  4. heinous • A town so peaceful, quiet, and law-abiding was bound to be horrified by so heinous a crime.

  5. heinous • (adj.) very wicked, offensive, hateful • S: evil, abominable • A: excellent, wonderful, splendid

  6. immutable • Scientists labored to discover a set of immutable laws of the universe.

  7. immutable • (adj.) not subject to change, constant • S: unchangeable, fixed, invariable • A: changeable, variable

  8. insurgent • George Washington and his contemporaries were insurgents against Britain. • The army was confident that they could crush the insurgent forces.

  9. insurgent • (n.) one who rebels against authority; (adj.) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority • S: revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous • A: loyalist, loyal, faithful

  10. megalomania • Sudden fame and admiration can make people feel unworthy – or it can bring on feelings of megalomania.

  11. megalomania • (n.) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality • S: delusions of grandeur • A: humility, modesty

  12. sinecure • The office of Vice President of the United States was once considered little more than a sinecure.

  13. sinecure • (n.) a position requiring little or no work; an easy job • S: “no-show” job, cushy job

  14. surreptitious • The movie heroine blushed when she noticed the surreptitious glances of her admirer.

  15. surreptitious • (adj.) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud • S: covert, concealed, furtive • A: open, frank

  16. transgress • The remorseful citizens promised to never again transgress the laws of the land.

  17. transgress • (v.) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law • S: overstep, exceed, trespass • A: obey

  18. transmute • To transmute distrust into friendship along that war-torn border will take more than wise politicians and just laws.

  19. transmute • (v.) to change from one nature, substance, or form to another • S: transform, convert • A: maintain unchanged, preserve

  20. vicarious • In search of vicarious excitement, we watched movies of action and adventure.

  21. vicarious • (adj.) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another • S: surrogate, substitute • A: real, actual

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