| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| 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. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |