| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |