| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |