| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |