| adamant |
| 1. adj. (said of people and their conviction) firm, Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined. | |
| 2. adj. (of an object) very difficult to break, pierce, or cut. | |
| 3. adj. , passage=Unprotected matter, however adamant, would have been ground to dust ages ago. | |
| 4. n. An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness. | |
| 5. n. An embodiment of impregnable hardness. | |
| 6. n. A magnet; a lodestone. | |
| severe |
| 1. adj. Very bad or intense. | |
| 2. adj. Strict or harsh. | |
| a severe taskmaster | |
| 3. adj. Sober, plain in appearance, austere. | |
| a severe old maiden aunt | |
