| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |