| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |