| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |