| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| 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. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |