| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| antebellum |
in or of the period prior to a war, especially the American Civil War. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |