| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |