| affluent |
having a lot of money; rich; wealthy. |
| beneficiary |
one who receives or is formally designated to receive money or property, as from a will or insurance policy. |
| demur |
to object or indicate opposition to something. |
| devious |
not the straightest, most direct way; winding; roundabout. |
| disputatious |
inclined to quarrel or provoke argument. |
| engross |
to take all the attention of; interest fully. |
| fulsome |
offensive, especially because of excessiveness or insincerity. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| mercurial |
volatile in temper; changeable; fickle. |
| overweening |
particularly forward, vain, and self-promoting. |
| paucity |
smallness of number or amount; scarcity. |
| reclaim |
to recover the use of (land areas) by draining, hydrating, or otherwise reconditioning so that the land can be used for agriculture or other purposes. |
| sinuous |
having many curves or turns. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |
| unyielding |
hard; firm; resistant to pressure or force. |