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Unit 6 SAT Vocabulary

Unit 6 SAT Vocabulary. As seen in Jerome Shostak’s Vocabulary Workshop Sadlier-Oxford, 2005. anomalous. http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/fragments/fragments/images7/devil.jpg. anomalous. Adjective: abnormal, irregular Departing from the usual Exceptional Atypical Unusual Aberrant.

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Unit 6 SAT Vocabulary

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  1. Unit 6 SAT Vocabulary As seen in Jerome Shostak’s Vocabulary Workshop Sadlier-Oxford, 2005

  2. anomalous http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/fragments/fragments/images7/devil.jpg

  3. anomalous • Adjective: abnormal, irregular • Departing from the usual • Exceptional • Atypical • Unusual • Aberrant

  4. aspersion http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1861057369.02._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

  5. aspersion • Noun: a damaging or derogatory statement • The act of slandering or defaming • Innuendo • Calumny • Denigration

  6. bizarre http://www.sixandout.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/mogwai.jpg

  7. bizarre • Adjective: extremely strange, unusual, or atypical • Grotesque • Fantastic • Outlandish

  8. brusque http://www.alsde.edu/other/PROS/Dec2002/Personal%20Web%20Page_files/image041.jpg

  9. brusque • Adjective: abrupt, blunt, with no formalities • Curt • Tactless • Ungracious • Gruff • Rough

  10. cajole http://images.replacements.com/images/images5/china/C/edwin_knowles_snow_white_the_seven_dwarfs_no_box_P0000014581S0005T2.jpg

  11. cajole • Verb: • To coax • Persuade through flattery or artifice • To deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises • Wheedle • Inveigle • Soft-soap • Sweet-talk

  12. castigate http://pbjc-lib.state.ar.us/mural.htm

  13. castigate • Verb: to punish severely • To criticize severely • Chastise • Rebuke • Censure • Upbraid

  14. contrive http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/3on1/tobaccoads/images/scratch2.gif

  15. contrive • Verb: to plan with ingenuity • To invent • To bring about with a plan or a scheme • Think up • Devise • Concoct • Fabricate

  16. demagogue http://www.ancientworlds.net/aworlds_media/ibase_1/00/03/83/00038383_000.jpg

  17. demagogue • Noun: a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power • Rabble-rouser • Firebrand

  18. disabuse http://www.schoolsafety.us/images/thumbnails/ssob.jpg

  19. disabuse • Verb: to free from deception or error • Set right in ideas or thinking • Enlighten • Set straight • Undeceive

  20. ennui http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/Assets/ennui.jpg

  21. ennui • Noun: weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest • Boredom • Listlessness • Languor • World-weariness

  22. fetter http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/morenautical/Solid%20Metal%20Shackles/IronShackles1.jpg

  23. fetter • Noun: A chain or shackle placed on the feet (often plural) • Anything that confines or restrains • Bond or restraint • Verb: to chain or shackle • To render helpless or impotent • Bind or hamper

  24. heinous http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/153/1179223~Darth-and-the-Emperor-Posters.jpg

  25. heinous • Adjective: Very wicked • Offensive • Hateful • Evil • Odious • Abominable • Outrageous

  26. immutable http://www.abchomepreschool.com/Images/Worksheets/3-Arithmetic-Number3.gif

  27. immutable • Adjective: not subject to change • Constant • Fixed • Unalterable • Invariable • Unchangeable

  28. insurgent http://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/spirit.jpg

  29. insurgent • Noun: One who rebels or rises against authority • Adjective: Rising in revolt • Refusing to accept authority • Rushing in or on • Revolutionary • Rebellious • Mutinous

  30. megalomania http://www.brucealmighty.com/bruce2.jpg

  31. megalomania • Noun: a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc. that is far in excess of reality • Delusions of grandeur

  32. sinecure http://moblog.co.uk/blogs/8598/moblog_7041aa241046b.jpg

  33. sinecure • Noun: A position requiring little or no work • An easy job • Cushy job • “Plum” • “No-show” job

  34. surreptitious http://www.impawards.com/2001/posters/pearl_harbor_ver6.jpg

  35. surreptitious • Adjective: Stealthy • Secret • Intended to escape observation • Furtive • Covert • Clandestine • Concealed

  36. transgress http://sps.k12.mo.us/ghs/library/scarlett-letter.jpg

  37. transgress • Verb: To go beyond a limit or boundary • To sin • Violate a law • Overstep • Exceed • Trespass • Err

  38. transmute http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/BET/BET051/BF0220000048.jpg

  39. transmute • Verb: to change from one nature, substance, or form to another • Transform • Convert • Translate • Metamorphose http://www.state.tn.us/environment/RT/froglog/censore2.gif

  40. vicarious http://www.pea.com/images/photos/glassCockpit2.jpg

  41. vicarious • Adjective: Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another • Surrogate • Substitute • Imagined • Secondhand http://www.ph.biu.ac.il/~rapaport/misc/roller/roller_05.gif

  42. Study on line… The End.

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