| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |