| affluent |
having a lot of money; rich; wealthy. |
| arduous |
entailing great difficulty, exertion, or endurance; laborious. |
| edict |
an order or decree proclaimed by a ruler or other of high authority. |
| exculpate |
to free (a person or group) from guilt or blame, or from the suspicion of guilt or blame. |
| farce |
anything improbable, absurd, or empty of meaning; mockery; sham. |
| finicky |
exceptionally fussy or hard to satisfy. |
| heretofore |
prior to this time; before now. |
| litigious |
inclined to bring lawsuits. |
| lustrous |
shining; glossy; bright. |
| officiate |
to function as a priest or minister in a religious ceremony. |
| recompense |
payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like. |
| specious |
apparently true, genuine, or plausible, but actually worthless, as an argument or evidence. |
| undercut |
to act so as to lessen the effectiveness or influence of; undermine or thwart. |
| vaporize |
to cause to become or diffuse as a vapor or gas; atomize; evaporate. |
| wan |
very pale. |