1
Q
Aesthetic
A
beautiful, artful
“some people feel that the aesthetic aspect of painting is the most important”
2
Q
Asylum
A
A shelter from danger or hardship
“she looked at her home as a place of asylum”
fristad
3
Q
brusque
A
marked by rude shortness
kort i tonen
4
Q
clairvoyant
A
having great insight or psychic powers
(synsk)
5
Q
conundrum
A
a difficult problem, mental puzzle
en svår gåta
6
Q
demagogue
A
a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
agitator
7
Q
evanescent
A
vanishing
“The evanescent triumph would soon be replaced by defeat”
försvinna
8
Q
forbearance
A
patience
“You must treat the child with forbearance”
9
Q
hackneyed
A
repeated too often, overused
“she often used hackneyed phrases”
10
Q
impute
A
attribute or credit to
