| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |