| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |