Definition
Abstruse
difficult to understand; obscure.
Sycophantic
behaving or done in an obsequious way to gain advantage; servile.
Ephemeral
lasting for a very short time; fleeting.
Mendacious
not telling the truth; lying.
Irascible
easily angered; having a tendency to be easily irritated or upset.
Sesquipedalian
(of a word) long and ponderous; characterized by long words.
Exacerbate
to make a situation worse or more intense.
Ineffable
too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
Recondite
little known or obscure; difficult to understand.
Antediluvian
extremely old-fashioned or out of date; literally, before the flood (in biblical terms).
Recalcitrant
stubbornly resistant to authority or control.
Ubiquitous
present, appearing, or found everywhere.
Intransigent
unwilling to change one's views or to agree about something.
Verisimilitude
the appearance of being true or real.
Obfuscate
to deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand.
Quixotic
exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
Lugubrious
looking or sounding sad and dismal.
Ambivalent
having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
Defenestration
the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
Pernicious
having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
Pernicious
having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
Pusillanimous
showing a lack of courage or determination; timid.
Exculpate
to clear someone of blame or wrongdoing.
Salient
most noticeable or important.
Vituperative
harshly abusive or scolding; full of bitter criticism.