| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| 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. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |