| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |