| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |