| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |