| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |