| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |