Question: abstruse

Answer: (adj.) extremely difficult to understand

Question: affront

Answer: (n.) an open or intentional insult; a slight; (v.) to insult to one’s face; to face in defiance , confront

Question: canard

Answer: (n.) a false rumor, fabricated story

Question: captious

Answer: (adj.) excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up

Question: cognizant

Answer: (adj.) aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction

Question: contrite

Answer: (adj.) regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt

Question: cynosure

Answer: (n.) the center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct

Question: decorous

Answer: (adj.) well behaved, dignified, socially proper

Question: deign

Answer: (v.) to think it appropriate or suitable to one’s dignity to do something

Question: desiccated

Answer: (adj.) thoroughly dried out; arid and uninteresting