| coerce |
to persuade or pressure (a person) to do something by using threats, intimidation, or the like. |
| colloquial |
characteristic of or suited to informal or familiar conversation or to writing that is imitative of conversational tone. |
| demeanor |
the way in which one conducts oneself; deportment. |
| impregnable1 |
able to withstand any attack, as a fortress. |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. |
| myriad |
of or constituting a great but unspecified number; numberless. |
| obligatory |
required; compulsory. |
| pirouette |
a ballet movement involving a rapid rotation of the body upon the toes or foot. |
| profess |
to claim or state as true. |
| proletariat |
the working class, especially those who lack capital and must sell their usually unskilled labor in order to survive. |
| provisional |
adopted on a temporary or tentative basis until something permanent is established; conditional. |
| shroud |
to screen or conceal. |
| subsidiary |
assisting or supplementing. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| tumult |
the noise and commotion of a large crowd; uproar. |