| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| decadent |
tending to indulge in sensual pleasures; hedonistic. |
| deficit |
The amount by which something is less than what is needed. A deficit of money is caused by spending more than has been taken in. |
| emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
| foretaste |
a partial, advance experience or realization of something that will come or happen in the future. |
| gentry |
people who come from families of high social standing. |
| kinetic |
of, concerning, or caused by motion. |
| pellucid |
extremely clear in meaning. |
| qualm |
a feeling of guilt or doubt. |
| salutary |
having or intended to have a beneficial effect. |
| suture |
the act or process of surgically joining or sewing together the edges of a wound, incision, or the like. |
| tincture |
an alcohol solution containing a medicinal substance. |
| voluminous |
having or characterized by great size or quantity. |
| whimsical |
characterized by or resulting from a sudden desire or fancy. |