| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |