| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |