| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| 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. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |