| annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
| apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
| contrive |
to plan in a clever way; invent. |
| ductile |
able to withstand stress without breaking, as in drawing out into wire or pounding thin. |
| gesticulation |
the act or an instance of using hand movements, as to add emphasis or expressiveness to speech. |
| hypocrite |
a person who pretends to be different or better than he or she really is. Someone who does not act according to his or her stated beliefs is a hypocrite. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| mania |
an extreme desire or enthusiasm. |
| manipulate |
to handle or operate skillfully with the hands. |
| mercenary |
interested only in money and material gain. |
| noncommittal |
not revealing what one's preference, feeling, or opinion is. |
| optic |
of or concerning the eye or the sense of sight. |
| particularity |
precise or detailed character. |
| protagonist |
the leading character in a literary work. |
| raiment |
clothing; dress; apparel. |