| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |