| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |