| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |