| antiquate |
to make obsolete or old-fashioned. |
| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| contemptible |
deserving of scorn or moral disgust; disgraceful; dishonorable. |
| disarray |
confusion or disorder. |
| doctrinaire |
dogmatically adhering to a theory or a school of thought, regardless of its practicality. |
| exhume |
to dig out, especially from a grave; disinter. |
| heterogeneous |
made up of parts or members that differ from each other. (Cf. homogeneous.) |
| hiatus |
a gap or break in activity, time, or space; interruption. |
| indolent |
inclined to avoid exertion or effort; lazy. |
| knave |
an unscrupulous person; evildoer. |
| ruse |
a trick, pretense, or diversion intended to deceive or mislead. |
| self-determination |
the ability or freedom of a people to decide their own form of government. |
| surveillance |
a close watch or observation, especially of a person or group of people under suspicion. |
| terse |
effectively brief and to the point; concise; pithy. |
| veracity |
conformance to fact; accuracy; truth. |