| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| sotto voce |
in a low voice or undertone, so as not to be overheard; softly (often used as a musical direction). |