abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
belie |
to give a false impression of. |
blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |