| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |