| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| sotto voce |
in a low voice or undertone, so as not to be overheard; softly (often used as a musical direction). |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |