| clinch |
to make certain or final; settle. |
| deficit |
The amount by which something is less than what is needed. A deficit of money is caused by spending more than has been taken in. |
| digression |
the act or result of straying from the main topic. |
| finicky |
exceptionally fussy or hard to satisfy. |
| flagrant |
exceptionally or glaringly noticeable. |
| gaseous |
in the form of or resembling a gas. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| inconsequential |
having no significant effect or result; not important. |
| indigence |
lack of means to live; poverty. |
| opulence |
the condition of being luxuriant and costly. |
| preventable |
having the possibility of being prevented; capable of being stopped or kept from happening. |
| progeny |
a descendant, or descendants collectively; offspring. |
| refractory |
obstinately disobedient; difficult to control, as a child or animal. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| stark |
in all respects; total; extreme. |