| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |