| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |