| absolve |
to free from consequences, blame, or guilt. |
| camaraderie |
friendship, good humor, and closeness among a group. |
| candor |
the quality of openness, honesty, and straightforwardness in expression. |
| circuitous |
having or taking a long and winding course or procedure; roundabout; indirect. |
| coerce |
to persuade or pressure (a person) to do something by using threats, intimidation, or the like. |
| concourse |
a large open space, as in a railway station, where many people pass or gather. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| ineffectual |
incapable of acting effectively. |
| inept |
lacking skill or aptitude; incompetent. |
| innuendo |
an indirect and usually derogatory hint, allusion, or insinuation. |
| posthumous |
beginning, occurring, or continuing after one's death. |
| recommence |
to begin or start again. |
| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |
| unyielding |
hard; firm; resistant to pressure or force. |