| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |