| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| capitulate |
to surrender or acquiesce. |
| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| disquiet |
lack of mental calm or peace; anxiety; uneasiness. |
| frond |
a long leaf with many small divisions. Ferns and palm trees have fronds. |
| gibe |
a mocking or derisive comment. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| implacable |
not to be pacified or diverted; unappeasable or inexorable. |
| obscene |
offensive and not decent. |
| piteous |
worthy of or inspiring great sympathy. |
| reparation |
the act or process of making amends for wrongdoing or injury. |
| repress |
to restrain or prevent the expression of (feelings, utterances, or the like). |
| retroactive |
going into operation or effect as of a previous date, or in respect to past events or circumstances. |
| rudimentary |
of or pertaining to the basic or first principles; elementary. |
| unpalatable |
not acceptable or pleasing to the sense of taste. |