| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |