| affluent |
having a lot of money; rich; wealthy. |
| atrophy |
a gradual wasting away of a body part, especially from insufficient use or nourishment. |
| bogus |
not authentic; counterfeit. |
| clique |
a small, often aggressively exclusive group of friends or associates. |
| cosmopolitan |
of, drawn from, or common to all the world or all the peoples of the world. |
| crossbreed |
to cause (a hybrid organism) to be produced by mating two different varieties of the same species. |
| fragmentary |
consisting of fragments; incomplete or disconnected. |
| insensible |
without normal sensations; unconscious. |
| nepotism |
favoritism shown to a near relative, as in preferential hiring or patronage. |
| outstrip |
to exceed or surpass. |
| pitfall |
an unexpected or hidden danger. |
| quandary |
a situation of uncertainty, puzzlement, or hesitation; dilemma. |
| recluse |
a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| suture |
the act or process of surgically joining or sewing together the edges of a wound, incision, or the like. |