| avid |
having or showing great enthusiasm. |
| disproportionate |
having too much of one thing in relation to something else; unbalanced. |
| duplicity |
deceitful speech or action. |
| impregnable1 |
able to withstand any attack, as a fortress. |
| laborious |
requiring considerable effort or perseverance. |
| monotone |
speech with little or no change in tone. |
| nonchalant |
not showing excitement or anxiety; coolly confident, unflustered, or unworried;casually indifferent. |
| poignant |
deeply touching; arousing strong emotion, especially sadness or sympathy; piercing; penetrating. |
| projectile |
any object that is thrown, fired, or shot by an outside force or weapon. |
| redundant |
unnecessarily repetitive. |
| renounce |
to give up (a right or claim) usually by formal declaration or announcement; waive. |
| reverberation |
the continuation of a sound after the source of the sound has been cut off. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |
| singularity |
an unusual trait or quality. |
| staunch2 |
unwaveringly firm or loyal. |