| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |