| annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
| capitalist |
one who supports an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market. |
| crux |
an essential, basic, crucial, or pivotal point. |
| dissolution |
the annulment or severance of a bond or tie, especially a formal or contractual connection. |
| dulcet |
pleasing to the ear; melodious. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| facile |
acting or working in an easy, effortless manner. |
| generalize |
to come to a broad idea or rule about something after considering particular facts. |
| instigate |
to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment. |
| juncture |
a particular point in time, especially a point of serious importance or crisis. |
| overt |
openly apparent; not concealed. (Cf. covert.) |
| pilfer |
to steal, especially trifling amounts or things of small value. |
| presumption |
a belief that is taken for granted but not proved. |
| salutary |
having or intended to have a beneficial effect. |
| stupor |
a state of unconsciousness, insensibility, or torpor. |