Politics as Usual

Question 1

Abdicate

Answer 1

Give up right, position, or power

Question 2

Apostate

Answer 2

Traitor, renegade

Question 3

Censure

Answer 3

• to rebuke

- to criticize severely

Question 4

Decamp

Answer 4

Depart suddenly, escape

Question 5

Demagogue

Answer 5

Agitating person, instigator

Question 6

Dissident

Answer 6

Disagreeing, differing

Question 7

Expurgate

Answer 7

To purge of moral offensiveness

Question 8

Fractious

Answer 8

Grouchy, cross

Question 9

Gaffe

Answer 9

Goof, mistake, impropriety

Question 10

Harangue

Answer 10

To deliver a long, forceful, and angry speech

Question 11

Polemic

Answer 11

Argument; verbal attack

Question 12

Reprehensible

Answer 12

Shameful

Question 13

Rhetoric

Answer 13

The art/effective use of language in communication and persuasion
- oration

Question 14

Usurp

Answer 14

Take over

Question 15

Vitriolic

Answer 15

Bitter, scathing

Question 16

Proponent

Answer 16

Advocate

Question 17

Daunting

Answer 17

Intimidating

Question 18

Subsidy

Answer 18

Grant, allowance, contribution

Question 19

Constituent

Answer 19

• being part of a whole

- being a voting member of an organization and having the power to appoint

Question 20

Malfeasance

Answer 20

Wrongdoing, esp by a public figure

Question 21

Libel

Answer 21

A published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation (written defamation)