| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |