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::: increment - increase
::: breadth - width; extent
::: probe - explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe
::: unsavory - distasteful; disagreeable; morally offensive; Ex. unsavory activity/reputation
::: bizarre - fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional
::: accretion - growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete
::: vixen - female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew
::: felicitous - (of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
::: centigrade - denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)
::: vigilant - watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance