appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |