| Term | Definition |
|---|
| accrue | (intr. v.) to come as a natural increase or advantage |
| crescendo | (n.) a gradual increase in sound, often referring to music |
| excrescence | (n.) abnormal growth or outgrowth |
| beneficence | (n.) doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action |
| efficacious | (adj.) effective as a means or remedy |
| facile | (adj.) acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent (Sometimes superficial, when something is too easily done) |
| facsimile | (n.) an exact copy of a book, painting, document, etc. |
| faction | (n.) 1 a group or clique within a larger group, party, or government 2 conflict within an organization or nation |
| mollify | (tr. v.) to calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling |
| context | (n.) 1 the parts before or after a word or statement the influence its meaning 2 the circumstances surrounding an event or situation |
| pretext | (n.) a false reason put forward to conceal the true one |
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