sharpening

abrading coarse

grinding gritty polishing rough scratching

erosive scuffing smoothing

fine fine-grained

accelerating deepening escalating growing intensifying

accentuating advancing building emphasizing heightening

building up dominant

civilizing clarifying cleaning cultivating distillation elevating focusing honing improving perfecting polishing purifying

worsening

exacerbation exaggeration increase inflaming inflammation intensification magnification strengthening

condition deepening heightening

bite incisiveness keenness polish sting

honing

coaching discipline drill education exercise guidance instruction practice schooling teaching workout

background basics buildup cultivation domestication foundation grounding groundwork indoctrination preliminaries principles readying seasoning tuition tune-up tutelage upbringing warmup

chalk talk

ignorance neglect

destruction