| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| deferential |
respectfully submissive to the desires, opinions, or judgments of others. |
| discontinuous |
interrupted or intermittent; not without pause or break. |
| entity |
anything that exists objectively and distinctly, whether nonliving or living; thing or being. |
| incorrigible |
incapable of being controlled or influenced for the better. |
| inimical |
having or tending to have a bad effect; harmful or adverse. |
| invalidate |
to deprive a claim of force or effect by negating its factual or legal basis. |
| nihilism |
the belief that existence has no meaning or purpose. |
| petulance |
the state or quality of being easily or unreasonably irritated, impatient, or ill tempered. |
| sojourn |
to live for a short time in a place; stay temporarily. |
| soliloquy |
an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone. |
| sophistry |
a subtle, deceptive method of reasoning or arguing, involving statements that sound plausible but are actually false or fallacious. |
| surmise |
to infer without certain knowledge; suppose; guess. |
| ungainly |
lacking gracefulness or ease of movement; clumsy; awkward. |
| unhinge |
to cause to become confused, unbalanced, or deeply disturbed. |