| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |