The Pact

The Pact Glossary

Inconceivable

Something that cannot be imagined

Convey

Show

Resignation

Giving up a position or point of view

Perceive

To view or sense something

Nuisance

Something that makes or gives trouble

Masquerade

A false show or pretense

Happenstance

Something that happens by chance

Interspersed

Scattered between

Triage

The assignment of degrees of urgency in medical situations

Imperiously

With powerful disdain, often describing a look one gives others

Intracranial

Within the head

Superficial

On the surface

Swathed

Wrapped

Demur

Raise doubts or objections

Unequivocally

Without question

Ambivalent

Unsure

Strident

Loud and harsh

Feral

Like a wild animal

Croon

Sing or talk to in a gentle voice

Vindication

To clear from accusation or suspicion

Shiva

Period of mourning in the Jewish faith

Dispassionate

Rational, not altered by passion

Query

Question

Legacy

Something (often reputation or, in a more archaic sense, money) that follows someone after death

Placating

Calming

Forte

Skill