| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |