| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |