| ardor |
very strong feelings; passion; fervor. |
| condescend |
to act as if one were of superior rank or station, treating others as inferior; patronize. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| gingerly |
in a careful or cautious manner; warily. |
| heresy |
a religious belief or doctrine not in keeping with the established doctrine of a church, especially the rejection of or dissent from any aspect of Roman Catholic Church dogma by a baptized church member. |
| inane |
devoid of meaning or substance; nonsensical. |
| insolvent |
incapable of paying debts or meeting liabilities; penniless; bankrupt. |
| intemperance |
lack of restraint in the indulgence of an appetite, especially the consumption of alcohol. |
| interlude |
a pause, space, or event that intervenes; interval. |
| invocation |
the act or process of calling out to a god, muse, or the like, for help, support, or inspiration. |
| possessive |
having a strong desire to own and keep things. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| solvent |
having enough funds to meet obligations. |
| tangent |
a line of discussion leading away from the original topic; digression. |