| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |