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vocab
english vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| brusque | abrupt, blunt |
| demagogue | leader who exploits popular prejudices |
| cajole | to coax |
| ennui | boring, weariness |
| anomalous | abnormal strange |
| contrive | to plan with ingenuity |
| disabuse | to free from deception or error |
| arbiter | one having power in a choice, umpire |
| bizarre | extremely strange |
| castigate | punishmet severely |
| aspersian | damaging or deorogatory statement |
| vouchsafe | to give or furnish |
| megalomania | wealth talent |
| surreptitious | stealthy secret |
| immutabe | not subject to change |
| transgress | to go beyond a limit |
| heinous | wicked, offensive |
| insurgent | one who rebels |
| fetter | chains on the feet |
| sinecure | doing a job with little or no work |
| vicarious | performed suffered |