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deflecting, evading
He successfully parried the question with a clever reply

sad
He stared over his glasses with a doleful look.

Being of the most miserable kind; wretched
abject poverty.

wonderful, striking
He impressed everyone with his prodigious memory.

about to occur
imminent danger

increase in severity
a speech that exacerbated racial tensions

foment, stir up, incite
The violence was instigated by the ex-members of the secret police.
He incited his fellow citizens to take revenge.

despotic, dictatorial
a cruel, corrupt and totalitarian government

punish, reprimanded
She castigated him for having no intellectual interests.

rude, impertinent, impudent
He dismissed it as a flippant comment.

name, epithet
They called him the King of Pork. He never minded the appellation.

pettifogger, insists on book learning
We thought him a pedant and a bore.

laughable, hilarious
It's a completely ludicrous idea.

second
sophomoric album

seamy, degrading
a sordid affair

nullification, ending
a dereliction of duty and an abrogation of responsibility

related, accompanying
New methods had to be learnt, with concomitant delays in production.

to bring under control, conquer
In Africa the imperialists attempt to penetrate and divide and subjugate is increasingly manifest.

rule, maxim
"he believed all the Christian precepts"

poverty
They endured years of privation during the war

violation, wrong
tales of the candidate's alleged past transgressions

related to sex
prurient literature
the film's harshly prurient and cynical sex scenes

deceived, tricked
It is a veiled attempt to change gun laws by circumventing legislators.

name, appellation
The sobriquet of Johnny Appleseed attached to him, though his real name was Chapman, in consequence of his being ever engaged in gathering and planting appleseed and cultivating nurseries of apple trees.

include in more comprehensive category
This new role will also subsume the functions previously carried out by Assessors within the Faculty.

immature, insipid
They were of great service in correcting my jejune generalizations.

a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
He was dismissed as a radical demagogue.
Narendra Modi