| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |