| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |