| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |