| A | B |
|---|
| brusque | abrupt, blunt, with no formalities |
| demagogue | a leader who exploits false claims and promises to gain power |
| cajole | to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice |
| ennui | weariness and discontent through lack of occupation, boredom |
| anomalous | abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual |
| contrive | to plan with ingenuity, invent, bring about as result of a scheme |
| disabuse | to free from deception or error, set right in ideas |
| arbiter | one having power to decide on a matter, a judge |
| bizarre | extremely strange, atypical, unusual |
| castigate | to punish severly, criticize |
| 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. in excess of reality |
| surreptitious | stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation |
| transmute | to change from one form to another |
| immutable | not subjest to change, constant |
| transgress | to go beyond a limit or boundary, sin, violate a law |
| heinous | very wicked, offensive, hateful |
| insurgent | one who rebels or rises against authority, rising in revolt or refusing to accept authority |
| fetter | a chain or shackle placed on the feet. to chain or shackle |
| sinecure | a position requiring little or no work., an easy job |
| vicarious | performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another |
