| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |