| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |