| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |