| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |