| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |