| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |