| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |