Definition
Definition
Defintion
Definition
Example
100
refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind.
What is adamant
100
a past participle of melt
What is molten
100
to free from restraint; liberate.
What is unfettered
100
the quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words.
What is euphony
100
Both took hits for crying in public, which is perhaps why politicians like Pelosi are _________ that they don't do the same.
What is adamant
200
the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech.
What is rhetoric
200
characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s
What is sibilant
200
They had both become aware of a sort of _________ breathing, and they looked round them in bewilderment.
What is sibilant
300
causing fear, apprehension, or dread
What is formidable
300
to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify
What is purge
300
to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
What is reproach
300
Admirably, the response to the address from Republican leaders in Congress, so far, has been fairly open and __________.
What is concilatory
400
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
What is kindred
400
lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life
What is privation
400
an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
What is quagmire
400
While he talked I would here and there mark a dingy face with a look of ____________ in it.
What is expostulation
500
intended or likely to placate or pacify.
What is concilatory
500
causing grief or great sorrow:
What is grevious
500
to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter
What is palpitating
500
earnest and kindly protest
What is expostulation
500
If Ron represents a strain of realism, Leslie represents the _________ bounds of pure optimism.
What is unfettered
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