| Term | Definition |
|---|
| demagogue | a leader who tells people what they want to hear and plays on people's prejudices |
| harangue | long, lecturing speech |
| hyperbole | wild exaggeration |
| infamy | evil reputation |
| insidious | dangerous, slow and subtle in its efect |
| jargon | specialized language (slight negative connotation) |
| malign | to say evil, harmful things about someone |
| rhetoric | speech that is persuasive but often insincere or meaningless in content |
| sanction | authroize, endorse, approve |
| supercilious | above it all; having a sense of superiority |
| virulent | infectious, dangerous |
| zealous | enthusiastic and dedicated, sometimes overly so |
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