| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |