| contagion |
the spreading of a disease by contact or close association. |
| contention |
a point asserted in argument or debate. |
| detachment |
a feeling or condition of being impartial or uninvolved. |
| elegy |
a sorrowful or mournful poem or musical composition, especially a lament for the dead. |
| financier |
a person skilled in or occupied in financial operations, usually on a large scale. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| haggard |
having a very tired, worried, or wasted look. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| infraction |
an act or instance of breaking or violating, usually a rule or law; violation or breach. |
| precedent |
an action that may serve as an example for future acts of the same nature. |
| precipitous |
very steep or sudden; rising or dropping abruptly. |
| scuttle2 |
to move or run as if in a hurry; scurry. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |
| transitory |
lasting for only a short time; brief. |