| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| stately |
dignified. |