| accrue |
to grow or accumulate over time, especially as something of benefit. |
| amenable |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable. |
| devotee |
an eager or serious follower or enthusiast. |
| dishevel |
to make (hair or clothing) untidy. |
| ingrate |
an ungrateful person. |
| maul |
to hurt by beating or through other rough treatment. |
| misnomer |
an incorrect or inappropriate name. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| recipient |
one who accepts something that has been sent or given, or one who has been awarded something. |
| recompense |
payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| rile |
to make angry; irritate or annoy. |
| slough2 |
to shed or discard; rid oneself of. |
| stratagem |
a plan or trick to deceive, surprise, or outwit an opponent, especially as a military maneuver. |
| vignette |
a brief written or musical sketch, or brief film scene, that describes or characterizes a person, incident, situation, or the like. |