| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| 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. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |