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::: demagogue - person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery
::: conspire - take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; Ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties.
::: snicker - half-stifled(suppressed) laugh; V.
::: nepotism - favoritism (to a relative); CF. nephew
::: piebald - of different colors; mottled; spotted in different colors (esp. in black and white); Ex. piebald horse; CF. pie+bald
::: saline - salty
::: progenitor - ancestor
::: appreciate - be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; ADJ. appreciable: enough to be felt; Ex. appreciable difference
::: grudging - unwilling; reluctant; stingy(giving reluctantly)
::: impalpable - imperceptible(not easily understood); intangible; OP. palpable: tangible; easily perceptible