| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| antebellum |
in or of the period prior to a war, especially the American Civil War. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |