| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |