obsolescent resuscitation

• myopic - shortsighted
• nascent - coming into existence, not fully developed
• quaint - oddly charming in an old-fashioned manner
• epoch - a memorable event or date, an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development
• myriad - countless, infinite, great number, ten thousand
• tremulous - exceedingly sensitive, easily shaken or disordered
• bereft - deprived, devoid
• tellurians - habitants of earth
• conundrum - riddle, mystery
• pristine - unspoiled, in original condition, spotless
• dappled - marked with round spots or rounded patches
• indelible - making marks that cannot be (easily) erased
• wistful - regretful longing, musingly sad
• austerity - rigid economy with reduced spending, severe, harshness, rigorousness
• turgid - swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated
• recoiling - to turn back
• espoused - adopt or support (way of life)
• vortex - a place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it
• appeasing - satisfying
• sodomising - anal intercourse
• catatonic - an abnormal condition variously characterised by extreme flexibility of the limbs
• atavistic - the return of a trait or recurrence of previous behavior after a period of absence
• fallacy - a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief
• convalescing - recovering health after illness
• warped - to turn from proper course, out of shape
• swathes - a row of grass or crop after being mowed, wrapped up in several layers of fabric
• ebullient - energetic, agitatedly boiling
• eddying - move in a circular way
• mutinous - insurgent or disobedient
• magisterial - authoritative
• adhesive - bonding things together
• purveyor - provider/supplier
• lackadaisical - without interest, vigour, or determination
• submerged - growing or remaining under water, hidden
• expeditious - marked by or acting with prompt efficiency
• cadaverous - suggestive of death; corpselike
• superfluous - being more than enough, redundant
• unyoked - to release, separate, disjoin
• contraband - imported or exported illegally
• admonish - to express warning or disapproval in a friendly manner
• effacing - to erase from a surface, to make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous
• decrepit - worn out or ruined through age or neglect, ramshackle, infirm, dilapidated
• torpid - deprived of the power of motion or feeling, listless
• loitering - to stand idly about; linger aimlessly, to proceed slowly; to delay
• unavailing - achieving little, ineffective
• lumbered - move in a slow, heavy, awkward way
• adjuration - command, earnest request
• assorted - various sorts put together
• prevalent - generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored; widespread, predominant or powerful
• sodden - saturated with liquid, drunk, expressionless or dull; unimaginative or torpid
• miscellaneous - of various types or from different sources
• superlative - something of the highest order, superior, excessive, exaggerated
• embellishment - elaboration by the use of decorative detail
• vault - room or space with an arched structure or overhead covering, usually underground (e.g. cellar or storeroom)
• forenoon - time before noon, nine am to one pm
• quagmire - miry land that yields underfoot; a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position
• blunderbuss - long, flared firearm
• kamikaze - pilot in suicidal attack
• blitzkrieg - lightning war with surprising speed and force