| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |