| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |