How to pronounce peremptory:
Example: "An autocratic person"
Example: "Spoke in peremptory tones"
Example: "A peremptory decree"
A challenge to the admission of a juror, without the challenger needing to show good cause.
Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic.
Firmly determined, resolute; obstinate, stubborn.
Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial.