| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |