| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| savor |
to give an impression; hint (usually followed by "of"). |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |