I am reading the book On Writing Well, a book that gives advice on how to improve my nonfiction writing. I came across this words while reading the beginning parts.
Trenchantly
keen or incisive: trenchant criticism
vigorous and effective: a trenchant foreign policy
distinctly defined: a trenchant outline
Elucidate
to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain: an explanation that elucidated his recent strange behavior.
Mollify
to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
Clotted
to cause to become blocked or obscured: to clot the book’s narrative with too many characters.
Verbiage
overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.