| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |