| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |