| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |