| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |