| accountability |
the state or quality of being responsible for providing an explanation or justification. |
| affable |
pleasant to talk to and be with; friendly; likeable. |
| censure |
to criticize or condemn. |
| compulsion |
coercion or constraint; act of using force to bring about another's action. |
| coy |
artfully shy or retiring; playfully but calculatingly reticent. |
| duplicitous |
deceitful, treacherous, or double-dealing. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| foreshadow |
to signal or indicate beforehand; presage; prefigure. |
| implausible |
hard to believe or credit. |
| implicit |
implied rather than directly stated. |
| incantation |
the words or sounds that are uttered or chanted as part of a magical ritual or spell, or the act of uttering such words or sounds. |
| interminable |
endless or seemingly endless; monotonously long. |
| stoical |
showing little or no emotion in reaction to painful or pleasant experiences. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |