| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |