| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |