| adversary |
a person, group, or thing that is against another; opponent; enemy. |
| audit |
an often official examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy, or the report of such an examination. |
| conflagration |
a large, damaging fire. |
| enrapture |
to cause to be in rapture or to be ecstatically joyful. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| invalidate |
to deprive a claim of force or effect by negating its factual or legal basis. |
| materialism |
great or excessive concern with the acquisition of wealth or possessions, especially as opposed to the attainment of spiritual goals. |
| meditative |
disposed to, marked by, or indicating contemplation or reflection; deeply thoughtful. |
| nominal |
in name alone. |
| pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
| promulgate |
to explain or give instruction in (a doctrine) in public; advocate. |
| recession1 |
a period of reduced or declining economic activity. |
| revel |
to feel great pleasure; rejoice (usually followed by "in"). |
| scavenger |
an animal that finds and eats dead animals or rotting plants; a person who finds things that others no longer want. |
| utilitarian |
of, concerning, or aiming at usefulness. |