| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| banter |
joking, clever conversation. |
| compassion |
a feeling of sharing another's suffering that leads to a desire to help. |
| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| condescend |
to act as if one were of superior rank or station, treating others as inferior; patronize. |
| discontinuous |
interrupted or intermittent; not without pause or break. |
| disparate |
essentially different and distinct. |
| felicitous |
well-suited or apt; very appropriate. |
| fluctuate |
to vary or change irregularly; rise and fall. |
| pervade |
to spread or be present everywhere in. |
| pliable |
easily bent; flexible; malleable. |
| revivalist |
suited to or aimed at the purpose of bringing back former beliefs, ideas, or practices. |
| sect |
any group, especially a religious group such as a denomination, that is united by a common belief, ritual, or the like. |
| unyielding |
hard; firm; resistant to pressure or force. |