| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |