| affluent |
having a lot of money; rich; wealthy. |
| asinine |
silly or willfully stupid. |
| centennial |
having to do with a one hundredth anniversary. |
| disarray |
confusion or disorder. |
| emulate |
to try to be the same as or better than (another person), especially by imitating. |
| fallacious |
based on unsound logic; in error; illogical. |
| financier |
a person skilled in or occupied in financial operations, usually on a large scale. |
| foretaste |
a partial, advance experience or realization of something that will come or happen in the future. |
| imbalance |
a defect in proportion or balance between elements. |
| immutable |
not subject to change; unchanging or unchangeable. |
| impassioned |
full of strong emotion. |
| magnanimous |
having or showing a generous, forgiving, or noble nature. |
| reaffirm |
to verify by asserting again. |
| rite |
a formal ceremonial procedure prescribed or customary for a specific occasion, as in religious worship. |
| schism |
a division into factions with opposing beliefs, especially in a Christian church. |