| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |