| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |