| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. |
| camaraderie |
friendship, good humor, and closeness among a group. |
| coercive |
using threats, intimidation, or force to persuade or pressure someone to do something. |
| concoct |
to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| contraband |
goods banned by law from being imported or exported. |
| discernible |
able to be perceived or distinguished. |
| efficacy |
the ability to produce desired results; effectiveness. |
| ignoble |
of low or dishonorable character; contemptible. |
| onus |
an unwanted but necessary task; burden. |
| perfidy |
an act or the practice of conscious, deliberate disloyalty or treachery; breach of faith. |
| personable |
pleasing in appearance or manner; friendly; attractive. |
| pragmatic |
concerned with actual causes and effects rather than abstract theories or ideas; practical. |
| tout |
to publicize flatteringly and boastfully. |
| trite |
ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition; commonplace; hackneyed. |