| Term | Definition |
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adamant |
utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, and urgings; too hard to cut, break, or pierce |
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bovine |
oxen, buffalo, cows |
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credibility |
believable |
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cynical |
believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief |
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demise |
death or decease |
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duress |
hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonent; restraint of liberty |
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fatalistic |
to accept the events as though it were inevitable |
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recluse |
someone who stays away from society and the company of others |
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squalid |
miserable; wretched |
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stolidly |
unemotional |