| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |