| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |