| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |