All terms in this list:

Adequate: Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition lawfully and physically sufficient.

descend: To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward

gnarled: made rough by age or hard work

inflexible: Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

menace: a perceived threat or danger

advantageous: Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position.

enhance: To lift, raise up.

incite: To rouse, stir up or excite.

inherit: To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).

mutual: Having the same relationship, each to each other.