Vocabulary-6
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- Brusque
- adj. abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
- Demagogue
- n. a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power.
- Cajole
- v. to coax, persuade through flattery or artfice; to decieve with soothing thoughts or false promises
- Ennui
- n. weariness and discontent from lack of occupation or interest, boredom
- Anomalous
- adj. abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual
- Contrive
- v. to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan
- Disabuse
- v. to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking
- Arbiter
- n. One having power to decide a matter at issue; a judge, umpire
- Bizzare
- adj. extremley strange, unusual, atypical
- Castigate
- v. to punish severely; criticize severley
- Apersion
- n. a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming
- Vouchsafe
- v. to give or furnish condescendingly; to grant
- Megalomania
- n. a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent etc. far in excess of reality
- Surreptitious
- adj. stealthy, secret intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud
- Transmute
- v. to change from one nature, substance, or form to another.