| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |