| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |