| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| didactic |
intended to educate or instruct, especially in moral values. |
| discontinuance |
the act of stopping or condition of being stopped; interruption. |
| discordant |
in conflict or disagreement. |
| impassioned |
full of strong emotion. |
| impending |
about to occur or appear. |
| nostalgia |
a longing for the past. |
| patriarch |
a man who is the leader of a family or tribe. |
| posit |
to propose or suggest as an account of something or as a contribution to an understanding of something. |
| posterity |
all generations to come. |
| reimburse |
to pay back for (expenses or losses incurred). |
| reminiscence |
something that is remembered; memory or impression. |
| retroactive |
going into operation or effect as of a previous date, or in respect to past events or circumstances. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |
| upshot |
the most important issue, result, or conclusion. |