| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |