| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |