aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
limn |
to paint or draw. |
misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
stately |
dignified. |
topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |