| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |