| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| annihilate |
to destroy completely. |
| capitulate |
to surrender or acquiesce. |
| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| foreshadow |
to signal or indicate beforehand; presage; prefigure. |
| heterogeneous |
made up of parts or members that differ from each other. (Cf. homogeneous.) |
| invigorate |
to fill with energy, strength, or life. |
| obituary |
a printed announcement of a person's death, usually including a brief biography and information about funeral arrangements. |
| penurious |
extremely needy or poor; poverty-stricken. |
| placid |
calm, smooth, or peaceful. |
| reprehensible |
deserving of blame or reproof; condemnable; blameworthy. |
| tantamount |
equal to or the same as; equivalent. |
| vernacular |
spoken by the native or common people of a region or country. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |
| visceral |
stemming from instinct or intuition rather than the intellect. |