| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |