| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |