| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |