| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |