| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |