| 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"). |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |