| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |