| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |