| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |