| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |