Uncommon

onerous

[on-er-uhs]

burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship

melancholia

[mel-uhn-koh-lee-uh]

a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings

surmise

[ser-mahyz]

to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

penumbra

[pi-nuhm-bruh]

the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off

panacea

[pan-uh-see-uh]

a remedy for all disease or ills

expurgate

[ek-sper-geyt ]

to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable

harbinger

[hahr-bin-jer ]

a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald

imbroglio

[im-brohl-yoh]

a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc. of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations