dismal (adj) - depressing/dreary

- (person/mood) gloomy
- pitifully/disgracefully bad ;
prize-winning (adj) having won a prize-winning ;
turbulent (adj) - not controlled/calm
- (air/water) moving unsteadily/violently ;
gangland (n) the world of criminal gangs ;
dodge (v) - avoid by a sudden quick movement
- avoid sth in a cunning/dishonest way ;
refinement (n) - the process of removing impurities/unwanted elements from a substance
- the improvement/clarification of sth by the making of small changes
=> refinements to
- cultured elegance in behaviour/manner
- sophisticated & superior good taste ;
stagnation (n) - the state of not flowing/moving
- lack of activity/growth/development ;
retrogression (n) the process of returning to an earlier state, typically a worse one ;
delineation (n) - the action of describing/portraying sth precisely
- the action of indicating the exact position of a border/boundary ;