(adj.) Firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible; (n.) an extremely hard substance

Ant: Yielding, flexible, pliable

(n.) a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified

Syn: furor, hullabaloo, tumult, pandemonium

(n.) a strong defense or protection, a solid wall-like structure for defense; (v.) to provide such defense or protection

Syn: stronghold, citadel, bastion, rampart

Ant: breach, weak point in the defense

(adj.) easily made angry, bad-tempered

Syn: irascible, testy, splenetic, bilious

Ant: affable, genial, even-tempered

(v.) to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things; to glut, satiate, surfiet

Ant: stimulate, whet

(v.) to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce 

Syn: limit, abbreviate, abridge, contract

Ant: protract, extend

(n.) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior

Syn: respect, consideration, courtesy

Ant: contempt, disrespect, scorn, disdain

(adj.) conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done

Syn: exhaustive, authoritativve

Ant: tentative, inconclusive

(n.) the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner, etc.; facial appearance, mien

Syn: conduct, behavior, bearing, carriage

(adj.) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood

Syn: baffling, mysterious, inexplicable

Ant: intelligible, understandable, fathomable

(adj., adv.) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; (n.) an extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation

Syn: spontaneous, improvised, unrehearsed

Ant: rehearsed, planned, prepared, premeditated 

(adj.) excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor

Syn: sentimentalized, maudlin, mushy, nauseating

Ant: unsentimental, callous, insensitive

(v.) to soften, make gentle, pacify; to calm, allay (as an emotion), assuage, appease, placate; to reduce in intensity

Ant: enrage, anger, aggravate, exacerbate

(n.) something that is heavy or burdensome (especially an unwelcome responsibility; a stigma; blame 

Syn: burden, obligation, duty, stigma

Presentiment

(n.) a vague sense of approaching misfortune

Syn: foreboding, premonition, hunch

(adj.) given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravagant; (n.) a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending

Syn: prodigal, improvident, spendthrift

Ant: penny-pinching, frugal, economical

(v.) to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment), forgive, pardon; to lessen, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer

Syn: pay, absolve, subside, abate

(adj.) needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable

Syn: required, obligatory, incumbent

Ant: nonessential, superfluous, optional 

(adj.) of or pertaining to a tailor or his work, having to do with clothes or dress (especially men's)

(v.) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate

Syn: foil, baffle

Ant: aid, assist, abet, further