| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| apogee |
the highest or farthest point. |
| cacophonous |
characterized by a discordant, sometimes unpleasant, mixture of sounds. |
| complaisant |
eager or willing to please; amenable; obliging. |
| constituent |
forming a part of something. |
| edifice |
a building, especially a large or impressive structure. |
| epithet |
a word or phrase attached to, or used in place of, a given name. |
| imprecise |
not exact, accurate, or well-defined; vague. |
| precedent |
an action that may serve as an example for future acts of the same nature. |
| scandalous |
causing, or likely to cause, a scandal; shocking; disgraceful. |
| terse |
effectively brief and to the point; concise; pithy. |
| treatise |
a detailed and formal written work, usually dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. |
| uncomplicated |
not difficult to understand or deal with; simple; straightforward. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |
| vagary |
an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant occurrence, action, or idea; whim. |