| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |