| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |