| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| bonanza |
anything that brings great wealth and prosperity. |
| culinary |
of, concerning, or used for cooking. |
| disembark |
to put or go ashore from a ship. |
| fallible |
capable of making mistakes; liable to error. |
| immutable |
not subject to change; unchanging or unchangeable. |
| insolence |
rude or impudent behavior or speech. |
| invincible |
too strong to be defeated. |
| miasma |
a thick, obscuring vapor. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| seclusion |
the act of isolating or hiding away, or the condition of being isolated in this way. |
| temporize |
to be indecisive or delay acting, as in order to gain time or avoid conflict. |
| turncoat |
one who changes from one party, allegiance, or the like, to the opposite, especially a traitor. |
| vantage |
a position or situation that offers a broad or especially good view, comprehension, or the like. |