| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |