| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |