| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |