| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |