UNUSUAL WORDS LXXXVI

Can you give a simple definition of these less-frequently-used words?

1. KVELL

2. OUTRO

3. IMMURE

4. INSULAR

5. OBLIQUE

6. INIMICAL

7. FRUSTUM

8. CADUCOUS

9. OBEISANCE

10. OBFUSCATE

11. LUCIFEROUS 

12. COGNOSCENTE

 

Answers:

 

1. KVELL - (Yiddish) - To swell with pride

 

2. OUTRO - The concluding section of a radio or television program

 

3. IMMURE - Confine or imprison someone against their will 

 

4. INSULAR - Concerned only with one's own culture, community, and experience / narrow-minded

 

5. OBLIQUE - Having a slanting direction or position, neither parallel nor perpendicular

 

6. INIMICAL - Harmful, damaging

 

7. FRUSTUM - The portion of a cone or pyramid which remains after its upper part has been cut off by a plane parallel to its base (e.g. buckets, [flared] lampshades) 

 

8. CADUCOUS - (ki doo' kis) In botany, of an organ or part easily detached and shed at an early stage 

 

9. OBEISANCE - Deferential respect, a bow or curtsy (with pay)

 

10. OBFUSCATE - Make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible / bewilder

 

11. LUCIFEROUS - Bringing light or insight, illuminating

 

12. COGNOSCENTE - One with expert knowledge of a subject, connoisseur