| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |