| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |