| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |