| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |