Words in this exercise:
Word | Meaning |
Coercion | the action or practise of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats. |
Concede |
admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it.
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Deprecate | express disapproval of. |
Discursive | digressing from subject to subject. |
Ensue | happen or occur afterwards or as a result. |
Extirpate | eradicate or destroy completely. |
Hoax | a humorous or malicious deception. |
Insatiable | impossible to satisfy. |
Malevolence | the state or condition of being malevolent; hostility. |
Misanthrope | a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society. |
Peruse | examine carefully or at length. |
Refute | prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove. |