| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |