| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |