Our Twisted Hero Vocab

Presentiment

Noun, a feeling or belief that something is going to happen

Coerce

Verb, to make (someone) do something by using force or threats

Sycophant

Noun, a person who praises powerful people in order to get their approval

Indictment

Noun, an official written statement charging a person with a crime

Conviction

Noun, the feeling of being sure that what you believe or say is true

Divulge

Verb, to make (information) known: to give information to someone

Infraction

Noun, an act that breaks a rule or law

Crony

Noun, a friend of someone powerful (such as a politician) who is unfairly given special treatment

Conscientious

Adj, concerned with doing something in the morally correct way

Usurp

Verb, to take and keep (something, such as power) in a violent way without the right to do so

Inure

Verb, to cause (someone) to be less sensitive to something unpleasant

Ardor

Noun, a strong feeling of energy or eagarness

Nihilism

Noun, the belief that traditional morals, ideas, beliefs, etc., have no worth or value

Allegory

Noun, a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation