| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |