| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |