| audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| deviate |
to turn away from a direct course or one that has already been set. |
| efficacy |
the ability to produce desired results; effectiveness. |
| guise |
external appearance or semblance, especially if deceptive. |
| impudence |
the act or condition of being boldly disrespectful; insolence. |
| indigenous |
being the people or animals that originally lived and may continue to live in a particular country or region. |
| intolerable |
too difficult or unpleasant to be near or to bear. |
| nonpartisan |
not influenced or determined by the policies or interests of a political party. |
| penurious |
extremely needy or poor; poverty-stricken. |
| prelude |
an introductory event or act; preface; preliminary. |
| pronouncement |
a formal or official declaration. |
| subpoena |
in law, a formal written order summoning a witness to give testimony or requiring that specified evidence be submitted. |
| vernacular |
spoken by the native or common people of a region or country. |