| abridgment |
the process or an instance of making shorter or condensing. |
| artisan |
a person skilled in making things, especially by using the hands. People such as those who make furniture, quilts, or other crafts are artisans. |
| assimilate |
to adapt and conform. |
| cumulative |
becoming larger or greater by means of gradual addition. |
| feral |
existing in a wild natural state; not domesticated. |
| ferment |
a state of upset or fast change. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| invigorate |
to fill with energy, strength, or life. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| magnanimity |
generosity or willingness to forgive. |
| soliloquy |
an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone. |
| testy |
easily annoyed or angered; irritable; touchy. |
| torrid |
parched or scorched by the sun, as a geographic area. |
| wasteland |
land where there are no living things or where nothing will grow. |