| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |