| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |