| A | B |
|---|
| brusque | abrupt, blunt, with no formalities |
| demagogue | a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| cajole | to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises |
| ennui | weariness and discontent from lack of occupation or interest |
| anomalous | abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual |
| contrive | to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan |
| disabuse | to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking |
| arbiter | one having power to decide a matter at issue |
| bizarre | extremely strange, unusual, atypical |
| castigate | to punish severely; criticize severely |
| aspersion | a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming |
| vouchsafe | to give or furnish condescendingly; to grant |
| megalomania | a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc. |
| surreptitious | stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud |
| transmute | to transform; to change from one substance or form to another |
| immutable | not subject to change; constant |
| transgress | to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, to violate a law |
| heinous | very wicked, offensive, hateful |
| insurgent | one who rises or rebels against authority; rising in revolt, surging or rushing in on |
| fetter | to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent; anything that confines or restrains |
| sinecure | a position requiring little or no work; an easy job |
| vicarious | performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another |
