| A | B |
|---|
| comrade | friend or peer |
| tyrant | ruler with absolute power |
| cryptic | mysterious, usually applies to meaning |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| impromptu | spontaneous |
| pretext | excuse for doing something, not the real reason |
| stratagem | tactics used to surprise an enemy |
| famine | extreme and general scarcity of food |
| hideous | repulsive or ugly |
| sentinel | guard or sentry |
| proprietor | owner of business |
| oration | formal speech |
| propaganda | information or ideas spread to encourage a certain attitude or philosophy |
| dictator | tyrant or someone in absolute control |
| totalitarianism | government where the ruling party has absolute power |
| purge | to cleanse or get rid of, eliminate |
| Marxism | communism |
| satire | a literary work that ridicules a human vice or folly |
