| advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| awry |
in an unplanned and undesired direction. |
| codicil |
an addition or appendix, especially one modifying the terms of a will. |
| franchise |
a right or privilege conferred by a government, especially the right to vote or the rights and powers of incorporation. |
| galvanize |
to stimulate into awareness or activity. |
| inelegant |
without taste, grace, or refinement. |
| itinerary |
a detailed plan of travel. |
| libel |
in law, written or printed matter that is false, damages a person's reputation or material well-being, and arises from malice or extreme negligence. |
| nuance |
a subtle quality or difference in tone, meaning, color, or the like; shade. |
| recumbent |
lying down; reclining. |
| torpid |
dormant or inactive, as in hibernation. |
| vanquish |
to subdue or defeat by or as if by greater force; conquer; overcome. |
| veracity |
conformance to fact; accuracy; truth. |