| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |