| accrue |
to grow or accumulate over time, especially as something of benefit. |
| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| disinclination |
a feeling of distaste; unwillingness or reluctance. |
| frugality |
prudent or sparing use of resources, especially money. |
| gaffe |
a crude social error; blunder; faux pas. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| infringe |
to cross established limits; encroach; trespass (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| oscillate |
to swing steadily and repeatedly back and forth. |
| particularity |
precise or detailed character. |
| prophetic |
foretelling or revealing the future. |
| prosaic |
straightforward and plain; unimaginative; dull. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |
| tensile |
of or relating to tension. |
| untested |
not having been tried or used in a way that would prove or disprove effectiveness or validity. |