| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |