| augment |
to make greater in size or amount; increase. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| encumber |
to hinder the normal progress, performance, or use of. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| litigious |
inclined to bring lawsuits. |
| maturation |
the act or process of becoming fully grown or developed, in structure, behavior, or the like. |
| miasma |
a thick, obscuring vapor. |
| miff |
to cause (someone) to become annoyed; offend. |
| peevish |
irritable or easily annoyed; ill-tempered. |
| perdition |
the loss of the soul for eternity; damnation. |
| recession1 |
a period of reduced or declining economic activity. |
| rediscover |
to begin experiencing again; find again; regain. |
| ruminate |
to think at length; meditate. |
| sensory |
of or pertaining to hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, or touching. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |