An independent neutral politician, especially in reference to the 1884 U.S. presidential election.
glib
[ˈglib]
speaking or spoken in a confident way, but without careful thought or honesty.
malice
[ˈma-ləs]
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
aforethought
[ə-ˈfȯr-ˌthȯt]
thought of or planned beforehand.
couch
[ˈkau̇ch]
to express something in a particular way.
risqué
[ri-ˈskā]
Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate.
indelicate
[(ˌ)in-ˈde-li-kət]
Improper or immodest.
connotation
[ˌkä-nə-ˈtā-shən]
A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
evade
[i-ˈvād]
To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from
puritanical
[ˌpyu̇r-ə-ˈta-ni-kəl]
believing or involving the belief that it is important to work hard and control yourself, and that pleasure is wrong or unnecessary.
subordinate
[sə-ˈbȯr-də-nət]
a person who has a less important position than you in an organization.