| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |