| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |