| coercive |
using threats, intimidation, or force to persuade or pressure someone to do something. |
| commensurate |
of equal measure, as extent or duration. |
| conspirator |
a person who is involved in a plot with others to perform or a criminal or wrongful act. |
| curvature |
the condition of being bent or rounded. |
| egotism |
excessive self-promotion; boastfulness or conceitedness. |
| egotist |
a conceited person; braggart. |
| emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
| expedient |
suitable or advantageous for the purpose or in the circumstances. |
| illicit |
not permitted by custom or law; illegitimate. |
| ingrate |
an ungrateful person. |
| matriarch |
a woman who acts as head of a family, tribe, or other group of people. |
| overture |
an opening move to begin something. |
| placate |
to calm down and make less angry, especially by appeasement; conciliate; pacify. |
| resonance |
ability to make a strong or lasting effect, especially because of an emotional association. |
| scourge |
someone or something that inflicts punishment or causes suffering or destruction. |