| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |