| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |