Words – I want to know

Brew : sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor

penchant

Demonstrating the Centre’s penchant for facilitating control over institutions through gubernatorial proxies, it proposes to divest State governments of their role in the selection process for Vice Chancellor (VC) of universities. (The Hindu)

Meaning

• Intriguing
• Staggering
• Concordant