ELUCIDATE

ELUCIDATE: 

■ verb 
Make clear and comprehensible;Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.

eg.He is here to elucidate the mystery surrounding her death.

CORRUGATED

CORRUGATED: 

■ Adj.
Shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges.

eg.The surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated.

COTERIE

COTERIE: 

■ noun 
An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. 

eg.A very small coterie formed within the science club because only a few of the students were interested specifically in genetics. 

MODISH

 MODISH:
■ Adj. 
In the current fashion or style.

eg.They also have a modish, edgy look to them which lends them an air of unfamiliar exoticism.

MENAGERIE

MENAGERIE: 
■ noun 
A collection of live animals for study or display.The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition. 

eg. I felt like I lived in a menagerie because we had so many pets.

TIGHTWAD

TIGHTWAD: 
■ noun 
A miserly person. 

eg.Jill called Jack a tightwad because he never picked up the check.

TALISMAN

TALISMAN: 
■ noun
A trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease.

eg.He had a talisman, the use of which he would not divulge, saying the stone could speak for itself.

REEK

REEK:
■ verb
emit(odor)

eg.You will reek of garlic for days but it shouldn't matter if she loves you. 

LUCRATIVE

LUCRATIVE: 

■ Adj. 

Profitable; moneymaking; remunerative

eg. She signed a very lucrative contract with the basketball association.

LAUD

LAUD:

 ■ verb

 To give praise to; glorify.

eg. Lauded by the critics, he still isn't a household name.