| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |