| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |