Paraphernalia
Appliances, implements
Osmosis
Continuous assimilation of knowledge
Primitive
Primal, ancient
Grande Illusion
Classic French movie of war
Inscrutable
Enigmatic, hard to interpret
Juxtaposition
Cohabitation, living together
Thorny
Spikey, having difficulty
Trasmogrified
Changed heavily in a grotesque way
Rendition
Performance, recital
Castrated
Unable to reproduce, sterilized