annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
congruity |
the state or fact of being similar in character or degree;correspondence or fit. |
distend |
to swell or cause to swell from, or as if from, internal pressure; balloon. |
expiate |
to atone or make amends for (a sin, crime, offense, or the like). |
illustrious |
highly renowned; celebrated; glorious. |
immobile |
standing or holding still; not moving; motionless. |
motley |
made up of a contrasting variety of types, appearances, or the like; very heterogeneous. |
obligatory |
required; compulsory. |
ravenous |
very hungry; starved. |
reiterate |
to say again. |
somnolent |
sleepy or drowsy. |
synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |
tumultuous |
full of noise, commotion, or disorder; riotous. |
underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |