| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |