| abdicate |
to officially give up a position of power or a right. |
| adversity |
a condition of trouble or difficulty. |
| aver |
to assert to be true; affirm. |
| coercive |
using threats, intimidation, or force to persuade or pressure someone to do something. |
| comparative |
measured or estimated by comparison; relative. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| fabricate |
to construct or create. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| onerous |
unwanted, unpleasant, and burdensome. |
| tensile |
of or relating to tension. |
| umbrage |
a feeling of offense, irritation, or resentment. |
| unconscionable |
not restrained or guided by a concern for what is right and just; unprincipled. |
| wheedle |
to try to persuade or influence by coaxing or flattery; cajole. |