| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| 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. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |