| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| 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. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| 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. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |