| beneficiary |
one who receives or is formally designated to receive money or property, as from a will or insurance policy. |
| capitalist |
one who supports an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| extrapolate |
to make an estimate or inference of (future probability or the like) on the basis of what is already known or has already occurred. |
| incise |
to cut into the surface of. |
| indecisive |
not definite or conclusive. |
| inferiority |
the fact or condition of being lesser in quality, worth, importance, rank, or position. |
| metabolism |
the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues. |
| miasma |
a thick, obscuring vapor. |
| permissive |
allowing much, often excessive, freedom of behavior; lenient. |
| recession1 |
a period of reduced or declining economic activity. |
| resuscitate |
to bring back to life or consciousness; revive. |
| therapeutic |
of, pertaining to, or capable of healing; curative. |
| vociferous |
crying out, especially in protest; vocal; clamorous. |
| whimsy |
an odd, fanciful, or capricious notion, or such notions collectively. |