| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |