| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |