| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |