| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| derogatory |
having the purpose or effect of detracting; disparaging. |
| detractor |
one who criticizes or disparages an idea, cause, or person to undermine support or popularity. |
| detriment |
harm, injury, or loss. |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| junta |
a small group, often of military officers, acting as the rulers of a nation, especially provisionally after the overthrow of a previous government. |
| litigious |
inclined to bring lawsuits. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| misdeed |
an unacceptable, evil, or illegal act. |
| observable |
able to be seen; visible. |
| tyrannical |
imposing one's will on others by threat or force; despotic; oppressive. |
| unfeigned |
not pretended or false; genuine; sincere. |
| unregulated |
not subject to rules or constraints. |