| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |