| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |