| bankruptcy |
the legal inability to pay debts. |
| cumbersome |
difficult to hold or carry because of size, shape, or weight. |
| extract |
a strong, concentrated form of a substance. |
| falter |
to move, speak, or act in a way that is not sure or not steady; stumble. |
| fray |
to wear or rub thin. |
| gaunt |
very thin and bony. |
| hazardous |
full of danger; having great or many risks. |
| literary |
having to do with poems, novels, plays, and essays, or those who write or read them. |
| loiter |
to stand around idly. |
| minimal |
of, pertaining to, or being the smallest or least possible in quantity, degree, or size. |
| obstinate |
not willing to change one's ideas; stubborn. |
| pathetic |
causing feelings of pity or sorrow. |
| shun |
to keep away from or avoid on purpose. |
| simulation |
something that imitates or resembles, or the fact of resemblance itself. |
| temptation |
the condition of being lured or enticed by the possibility of pleasure to do something unwise or wrong. |