Unit 18 Vocab Words

A party to a contract, treaty, or other legal

document

Signatory*

Involvement in something wrong or unlawful

Complicity

A short outline or review of the

main points

Synopsis*

The use of force or threats to make someone act

Duress

To put down by force

Suppress

Understood as meant but no openly said; implied

Tacit*

A harsh or formal scolding

Reprimand

To briefly outline or describe

Adumbrate*

Impossible to explain or understand

Inexplicable

To show that someone has a connection with a crime

Implicate

Very talkative

Loquacious*

A meeting of two or more people, events, or

circumstances; mergingConfluence

A massive movement into

Influx

To systematically explain or outline

Explicate

Impossible to hold back or control

Irrepressible

Using too many words

Verbose*

Continuous change; instability

Flux

Intentionally misleading; deceptive

Duplicitous

Gloomy and stern

Dour

Wickedly stubborn; obstinate

Obdurate