| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |