| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |