| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |