| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |