| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |