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. |
augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
sotto voce |
in a low voice or undertone, so as not to be overheard; softly (often used as a musical direction). |
surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |