| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |