adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
belie |
to give a false impression of. |
castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |