| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |