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Enhance Your Vocabulary: Understanding Anomalous Terms and Their Synonyms

Dive into the exploration of advanced vocabulary with this comprehensive guide covering words like "anomalous," "aspersion," "bizarre," and others. Learn their meanings, synonyms, and antonyms, enhancing your linguistic skills. This unit focuses on refining your language through context and usage, preparing you for academic success and eloquent communication. Ideal for students and enthusiasts alike, this resource not only expands your vocabulary but also deepens your understanding of nuanced language.

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Enhance Your Vocabulary: Understanding Anomalous Terms and Their Synonyms

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  1. SAT Vocabulary Unit 6

  2. Anomalous (adj) abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual Syn: exceptional, atypical Ant: normal, customary

  3. *Aspersion (n) damaging or derogatory statement Syn: innuendo, denigration Ant: endorsement, praise

  4. Bizarre • (adj) extremely strange, unusual, atypical • Syn: grotesque, outlandish • Ant: ordinary, expected

  5. Brusque • (adj) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities • Syn: curt, tactless • Ant: gracious, diplomatic

  6. Cajole (v) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises • Syn: wheedle, sweet-talk • Ant: coerce, force

  7. Castigate • (v) to punish severely; to criticize heavily • Syn: chastise, rebuke • Ant: reward, laud

  8. Contrive (v) to plan with ingenuity; invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan • Syn: devise, concoct

  9. *Demagogue (n) a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power • Syn: firebrand, rabble-rouser

  10. Disabuse (v) to free from deception or error; set right in ideas or thinking • Syn: enlighten, set straight • Ant: deceive, delude

  11. Ennui (n) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest; boredom • Syn: languor, listlessness • Ant: enthusiasm, intensity

  12. *Fetter (n) a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in the plural); anything that confines or restrains; (v) to chain or shackle; to render helpless • Syn: (n) restraint; (v) bind • Ant: (v) liberate, emancipate

  13. *Heinous • (adj) very wicked, offensive, hateful • Syn: odious, abominable • Ant: excellent, wonderful

  14. *Immutable (adj) not subject to change; constant • Syn: unalterable, invariable • Ant: variable, fickle

  15. Insurgent • (n) one who rebels or rises against authority; (adj) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or in • Syn: revolutionary, mutinous • Ant: loyalist, faithful

  16. Megalomania • (n) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc. that is far in excess of reality • Syn: delusions of grandeur • Ant: humility, modesty

  17. *Sinecure • (n) a position requiring little or no work; an easy job • Syn: cushy, “no-brainer”

  18. Surreptitious • (adj) stealthy, secret, intended to escape notice or observation; made or accomplished by fraud • Syn: furtive, clandestine • Ant: open, overt

  19. Transgress • (v) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to violate a law; to sin • Syn: overstep, exceed • Ant: obey

  20. *Transmute (v) to change from one nature, substance, or form to another • Syn: transform, convert • Ant: preserve, maintain

  21. Vicarious • (adj) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another • Syn: surrogate, substitute • Ant: actual, firsthand

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