| angular |
having a bony structure, as a person's body. |
| appreciate |
to be grateful for or to. |
| collage |
a type of art work in which different kinds of materials are pasted onto a surface to make a picture. These materials can be anything from paper and photographs, to cloth and buttons. |
| conqueror |
one who defeats another. |
| contrite |
feeling deep guilt for one's wrongdoing or shortcoming and desiring to make amends for it; remorseful; repentant. |
| criticism |
the act of judging what is good or bad in something. |
| cultivate |
to make fit for growing plants by plowing, weeding, or adding fertilizer. |
| degrade |
to bring down from a higher to a lower rank or degree by taking away a position or title. |
| encrusted |
covered with a hard or crisp layer of something. |
| exasperate |
to bother or annoy to the point of causing anger. |
| inattention |
lack of attentiveness; neglect. |
| increasingly |
more and more; to a greater and greater degree. |
| innovate |
to propose or implement a new method, approach, idea, or the like; make inventive changes. |
| purport |
to assert or allege, especially falsely. |
| refrain1 |
to hold oneself back; to not enter into a particular action; desist; forbear (often followed by "from"). |