| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |