| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |