| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |