| advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
| delude |
to cause to hold a false belief; mislead; deceive. |
| douse1 |
to place or plunge in water or another liquid; immerse. |
| epitaph |
on a gravestone or tomb, an inscription commemorating the dead person. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| inopportune |
occurring at an undesirable or unreasonable time. |
| insensible |
without normal sensations; unconscious. |
| metabolism |
the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues. |
| perpendicular |
at a right angle to. |
| ravish |
to overwhelm with emotion or sensation; enrapture. |
| salvageable |
able to be saved or rescued from damage or destruction. |
| stint |
to refrain from spending; to be sparing or frugal. |
| subsidy |
direct financial assistance provided by the government to a business, industry, educational institution, individual, or the like. |
| touchstone |
a test or standard by which to evaluate the worth of something. |
| unconscionable |
not restrained or guided by a concern for what is right and just; unprincipled. |