| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |