appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |