| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |