| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |