| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| 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. |