To force someone to do something against his or her will by using undue pressure, threats, intimidation, or physical violence.

Syn:  compel, browbeat, pressure, bulldoze

Forceful and convincing; to the point.

Syn:  potent, compelling, valid, relevant

Ant:  frivolous, invalid, inane

To hold or stick together; to fit together into an orderly, logical, and unified whole.

Syn:  coalesce, gel

Ant:  diverge, dissipate, diffuse

a. To work together on some kind of joint project.

b. To cooperate with the enemy in some kind of treasonable activity.

Syn:  conspire, cooperate, intrigue

Ant:  dissociate

a. Capable of use with some other brand or model.

b. Capable of living or getting along together.

Syn:  harmonious

Ant:  incompatible, antagonistic, incongruous

Overly self-satisfied; smug

Syn:  contented

Ant:  dissatisfied, discontent(ed), malcontent

Saying a lot in a few words.

Syn:  succinct, terse

Ant:  verbose

To overlook or disregard an offense, thereby implying forgiveness, acceptance, or possibly approval of it.

Syn:  tolerate, ignore

Ant:  denounce, condemn

A face-to-face encounter, usually (but not always) suggesting a hostile or defiant attitude.

Syn:  showdown, face-off, shoot-out

a. (noun) A conclusion based on inadequate evidence; a guess

b. (verb) To conclude from inadequate evidence; to guess

Syn:  surmise, presume

Ant:  certainty, substantiate