| azure |
the color of a clear blue sky. |
| beneficent |
tending to do good; kindly; charitable. |
| bigot |
one who is prejudiced against and intolerant of any group or belief that is not his or her own, especially religious, racial, or ethnic. |
| bland |
without interest, spirit, or excitement; dull; indifferent. |
| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| 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. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| egotistical |
self-centered or selfish. |
| fraught |
accompanied by; full of, usually something bad or unpleasant. |
| indispose |
to cause unwillingness or disinclination in; make averse. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| misrepresent |
to identify or describe in a misleading way. |
| portly |
rather fat; stout. |
| quizzical |
expressing doubt, confusion, or questioning; puzzled. |
| quorum |
the number of members that an organization's rules require to attend a meeting in order for voting or other business to take place. |