| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |