| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |