| accrue |
to grow or accumulate over time, especially as something of benefit. |
| confection |
a sweetened candy or fruit. |
| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| ensue |
to occur as the result of an earlier event. |
| entourage |
a group of people who accompany another person as attendants or associates; retinue. |
| ferocity |
the quality or state of being cruelly savage or fierce. |
| indelible |
incapable of being removed or obliterated; permanent. |
| infatuate |
to cause a foolish and irrational passion or attachment in (someone). |
| Lilliputian |
(often lower case) very tiny; extremely small. |
| preventable |
having the possibility of being prevented; capable of being stopped or kept from happening. |
| prophetic |
foretelling or revealing the future. |
| purge |
to free or rid (usually followed by "of" or "from"). |
| trenchant |
incisive or penetrating, as perception or wit. |
| unexceptionable |
without flaw or fault; beyond objection or criticism. |
| winnow |
to sift through, or separate out the desired or worthwhile from the undesired or worthless part of, as by critical analysis. |