| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |