Dear Martin Vocabulary

to separate from another route and go in a different direction

• appease
• diverge
• plummet

refusing to change one's mind

• adamant

• blatant

• tainted

obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful

• candid
• nonchalant
• paranoid

to open widely

• gape
• pulsate
• ratify

richly luxurious and expensive

• catatonic
• plush
• smug

dirty; polluted; bad; spoiled

• adamant

• detrimental

• tainted

to pacify (someone) by agreeing to their demands

• appease
• diverge
• plummet

to throb or move rhythmically

• gape
• pulsate
• ratify

showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements

• catatonic
• plush
• smug

a confusing and difficult problem or question

• consensus

• conundrum

• defamation