| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |