| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |