| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |