| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |