| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| 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. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |