| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| 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. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |