| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |