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inexorable \in-EK-sur-uh-bul; in-EKS-ruh-bul\ , adjective;
1.Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless.
ex:
But the idea of providence, whether the biblical version or the Enlightenment's or Marx's, is at bottom a tragic notion, for it implies that individual human choices count for nothing against the weight of an inexorable, overwhelming force, whether benign or cruel, whether known as God, History, Destiny, Progress or DNA.
-- James Carrol, "Laughing Our Way to Defeat", New York Times, February 16, 1986
. . .such notions as the 'logic of the facts', or the 'march of history', which, like the laws of nature (with which they are partly identified), are thought of as, in some sense, 'inexorable', likely to take their course whatever human beings may wish or pray for, an inevitable process to which individuals must adjust themselves.
-- Isaiah Berlin, The Sense of Reality
hypnagogic \hip-nuh-GOJ-ik; -GOH-jik\ , adjective;
1.Of, pertaining to, or occurring in the state of drowsiness preceding sleep.
ex:
. . .the phenomenon of hypnagogic hallucinations, or what Mr. Alvarez describes as "the flickering images and voices that well up just before sleep takes over."
-- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, "The Faces of Night, Many of Them Scary", New York Times, January 9, 1995
ca·pit·u·late /kəˈpɪtʃ
əˌleɪt/
Show Spelled\kuh-pich-uh-leyt\, verb (used without object),-lat·ed, -lat·ing
1.to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms.
2.to give up resistance: He finally capitulated and agreed to do the job my way.
def·er·ence /ˈdɛf
ər
əns/
Show Spelled\def-er-uh-ns\, noun
1. respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
2.respectful or courteous regard: in deference to his wishes.