| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |