| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |