| combatant |
someone or something that engages in fighting, especially as part of warfare. |
| criteria |
a set of standards or tests by which to judge or decide something. |
| 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. |
| degeneration |
the process of decline or decay. |
| dormer |
a window set vertically into a projecting structure on a sloping roof. |
| erroneous |
containing or based on a mistake; incorrect. |
| heretofore |
prior to this time; before now. |
| pittance |
a contemptibly small portion, amount, or payment. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| regurgitate |
to surge or pour back or out, especially from of a place of containment, as gases, liquids, or undigested food. |
| socialite |
one who is prominent in fashionable social circles. |
| solace |
comfort or consolation in times of sorrow or suffering. |
| tensile |
of or relating to tension. |
| treatise |
a detailed and formal written work, usually dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. |
| turncoat |
one who changes from one party, allegiance, or the like, to the opposite, especially a traitor. |