Uncompromising
adj: showing an unwillingness to make concessions to others; especially by changing one’s ways or opinions
Recrimination
n: an accusation in response to one from someone else
Quota
n: a fixed share of something that a person or group is entitled to receive or is bound to contribute
Fulcrum
n: the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in a moving a body
Cessation
n: a temporary or complete stopping; discontinued
Truculent
adj: fierce; cruel; savagely brutal
Daunted
v: to overcome with fear; intimidate; to lessen the courage of; dishearten
Festooned
n: a string or a chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points
Vicissitude
n: a change or variation occurring in the course of something
Corpulent
adj: large or bulky body; portly; stout; fat
Buffet
v: a blow, as with the hand or fist; a violent shock or concussion
Parody
n: a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing
v: to imitate (a composition, author, etc.) for purposes of ridicule or satire
Covert
adj: concealed; secret; disguised
n: a shelter of hiding place
Assimilate
v: take in information, ideas, or cultures and understand fully, cause (something) to resemble; liken
Detrius
n: rock in small particles or other materials worn or broken away from amass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.
Ensconce
v: to settle securely or snugly
Inimical
adj: adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful
Ludicrous
adj: causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision;ridiculous; laughable
Propitiatingly
v: to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate
Immured
v: to enclose within walls,to shut in; seclude or confine to imprison