| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |