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Vocabulary Level F Unit 6 Part B

Vocabulary Level F Unit 6 Part B. fetter sinecure heinous surreptitious immutable transgress insurgent transmute megalomania vicarious.

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Vocabulary Level F Unit 6 Part B

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  1. Vocabulary Level FUnit 6 Part B

  2. fetter sinecure heinous surreptitious immutable transgress insurgent transmute megalomania vicarious

  3. Fetter- 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 or impotent • Synonyms: bond, restraint; (v.) bind, hamper

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

  5. Heinous- Very wicked, offensive, hateful • Synonyms: evil, odious, abominable, outrageous

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

  7. Immutable- Not subject to change, constant • Synonyms: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable

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

  9. Insurgent- One who rebels or rises against authority; (adj.) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on • Synonyms: revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous

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

  11. Megalomania- A delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality • Synonyms: delusions of grandeur

  12. Sentence • Sudden fame and admiration can make people feel unworthy-or it can bring on feelings of megalomania.

  13. Sinecure- A position requiring little or no work; an easy job • Synonyms: “no show” job, cushy job, “plum”

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

  15. Surreptitious- Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud • Synonyms: furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed

  16. Sentence • The movie heroine blushed when she noticed the surreptitious glances of her admirer. • The insurgents behave surreptitiously in order to hide their identity.

  17. Transgress- To go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law • Synonyms: overstep, exceed, trespass, err

  18. Sentence • The penitent citizens promised to never again transgress the laws of the land.

  19. Transmute- To change from one nature, substance, or form to another • Synonyms: transform, convert, translate, metamorphose

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

  21. Vicarious- Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another • Synonyms: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand

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

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