| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |