| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |