| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |