| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |