| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |