| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |