| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| 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. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |