| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |