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furtive = stealthy
use = He made one or two furtive phone calls





snivel = whine
use = He's sitting in his bedroom sniveling because







callous = insensitive, thick-skinned
use = callous attitude


hubris = arrogance
use = He was punished for his hubris


spoliation = pillaging, depredation
use = an act of spoliation




connivance = pretence of ignorance of something wrong, assistance or permission to offend
use = with connivance of his friends, he plotted to embarrass the teacher





caricature = cartoon, exaggerated portrait
use = the overblown caricatures





frolicsome = Prankish
use = the frolicsome puppy


gambit = plot
use = a clever opening gambit





sabotage = treason, destruction
use = attempt to sabotage the ceasefire





pundit = learned or politically astute person
use = a political pundit


vendetta = grudge, feud
use = a personal vendetta


tutelage = guardianship
use = under the tutelage of




disabuse = correct, to free from a misconception
use = He thought that all women liked children, but she soon disabused him of that idea











congeal = solidify, as a liquid freezing, to become thick or solid
use = The blood had congealed in thick black clots


pander = cater to people's baser instincts
use = It's not good the way she panders to his every whim