| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |