| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |