| 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. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| 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. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |