| arbiter |
someone who has the authority to decide an issue or settle a dispute. |
| astral |
of, concerning, emanating from, or resembling the stars; stellar. |
| catharsis |
in psychotherapy, the bringing of repressed thoughts and feelings to consciousness in order to release emotional tension, or the release itself. |
| discontinuous |
interrupted or intermittent; not without pause or break. |
| discretion |
the freedom or authority to use one's own judgment. |
| euphemism |
the word or expression so substituted. |
| exemplar |
one worthy to be imitated or studied; model. |
| exhilaration |
intense high spirits. |
| glacial |
of, concerning, coming from, or marked by the presence of glaciers or other large ice masses. |
| interloper |
a person who intrudes in the affairs of others; meddler. |
| inverse |
opposite or reversed in position, order, direction, nature, or effect. |
| maternity |
the state of being a mother; motherhood. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| pseudonym |
a false name adopted by someone, especially an author, to conceal his or her identity; pen name. |
| pundit |
an authoritative, or purportedly authoritative, commentator or critic. |