| arduous |
entailing great difficulty, exertion, or endurance; laborious. |
| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| dogged |
persistent or stubborn. |
| felicity |
an instance or condition of great happiness; bliss. |
| hydraulic |
of, concerning, operated by, or moved by water or another liquid under pressure. |
| immutable |
not subject to change; unchanging or unchangeable. |
| inviolate |
not broken, disturbed, or profaned; pure or intact. |
| leaven |
to produce fermentation in (dough or batter), consequently causing the dough or batter to rise in the process of baking. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| montage |
the technique of juxtaposing or superimposing images in a photograph or on motion picture film. |
| nostalgia |
a longing for the past. |
| pinnacle |
the highest point or part of anything; apex; summit. |
| reproof |
an act or statement of disapproval. |
| sardonic |
bitterly mocking; derisive; scornful. |
| unassailable |
not open to attack, doubt, or denial. |