| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| capitalist |
one who supports an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market. |
| connotation |
a secondary meaning or implication of a word or expression, in addition to its primary meaning. |
| extant |
still in existence; current; not extinct, destroyed, or lost. |
| indispose |
to cause unwillingness or disinclination in; make averse. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| laity |
the body of members of a religious group who are not part of the clergy. |
| martinet |
a person who enforces very strict discipline, especially in the military. |
| ostracism |
an exclusion or rejection, as from a social group. |
| paraphrase |
a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify, clarify, or amplify. |
| possessive |
having a strong desire to own and keep things. |
| solicit |
to try to obtain (business, recruits, donations, help, or the like) by persuasion, formal request, or pleading. |
| transcendent |
going beyond the ordinary; surpassing; extraordinary. |
| venturesome |
tending to take risks; brave. |
| visage |
the face of a person, statue, or the like, especially in regard to its appearance or expression. |