| debit |
an amount of money taken out of or owed on an account, or the record of that amount. |
| exuberant |
vigorously enthusiastic or happy; high-spirited. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| hone |
to make more effective or adept; perfect. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| interplay |
the action or influence of two or more things on each other; reciprocal effect. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| marginal |
barely above a minimum standard of quality. |
| nepotism |
favoritism shown to a near relative, as in preferential hiring or patronage. |
| proletariat |
the working class, especially those who lack capital and must sell their usually unskilled labor in order to survive. |
| retentive |
having the ability to remember. |
| shard |
a piece of a broken object, especially a fragment of pottery or glass. |
| solemnity |
the condition or quality of being grave or serious. |
| traverse |
to go over, along, or through; cover or cross. |
| trite |
ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition; commonplace; hackneyed. |