| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |