| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| paroxysm |
a sudden strong outburst of feelings or actions. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |