| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |