| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| plaudit |
(often plural) an enthusiastic show of approval, such as a round of applause or a very favorable review. |