| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| 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. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |