| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |