| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |