| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |