| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |