| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |