| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |