| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |