| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |