5th box -Flashcards

(adj.) something inevitable; They were prepared for the ineluctable disaster.

(n.) to determine the quality of a substance.; Have the soil assayed.

(adj.) stubbornly rebellious; The boy became recalcitrant when the curfew was enforced. The recalcitrant youth dyed her hair purple, dropped out of school, and generally worked hard at doing whatever others did not want her to do.

(adj.; v.) spotted, blotched; hence defiled, impure (opposite: immaculate); to stain, spot, defile; The maculate rug could not be cleaned. Grape juice maculated the carpet.