| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |