| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |