| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |