| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |