| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |