| accrue |
to grow or accumulate over time, especially as something of benefit. |
| adversary |
a person, group, or thing that is against another; opponent; enemy. |
| canvass |
to conduct a survey of; poll. |
| clinch |
to make certain or final; settle. |
| conciliate |
to overcome the anger, distrust, or animosity of; appease; placate. |
| engross |
to take all the attention of; interest fully. |
| finicky |
exceptionally fussy or hard to satisfy. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| impending |
about to occur or appear. |
| inelegant |
without taste, grace, or refinement. |
| intuition |
the power to know or understand something without thinking it through in a logical way. |
| mire |
deep, heavy mud or soil. |
| personable |
pleasing in appearance or manner; friendly; attractive. |
| whimsy |
an odd, fanciful, or capricious notion, or such notions collectively. |
| zealous |
characterized by, showing, or filled with an intense enthusiasm, as toward a cause, purpose, or activity. |