| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |