| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |