| coercive |
using threats, intimidation, or force to persuade or pressure someone to do something. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| depreciate |
to lower the cost or value of, especially of property for tax purposes, or of money. |
| diffuse |
in the physical sciences, to flow toward regions of lower concentration. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| disputatious |
inclined to quarrel or provoke argument. |
| flaunt |
to display ostentatiously; show off. |
| focal |
of or relating to focus. |
| obtuse |
not keen or quick to notice, feel, or comprehend; dull or insensitive. |
| recapitulate |
to briefly review (the main points) of a spoken or written exchange or communication. |
| temperamental |
changeable as to mood, nature, operability, or the like; unpredictable. |
| variegate |
to make varied or give variety to, especially by making multicolored. |
| verity |
the quality or condition of being true or real. |
| vociferous |
crying out, especially in protest; vocal; clamorous. |
| waiver |
the intentional relinquishing of a right, claim, or privilege, or a suspension of an existing rule or policy. |