| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| 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. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |