| affluence |
material wealth. |
| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| compile |
to gather information together to form one written work. |
| contraband |
goods banned by law from being imported or exported. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| disparage |
to depreciate or belittle, especially in speech. |
| dormer |
a window set vertically into a projecting structure on a sloping roof. |
| droll |
wryly amusing or humorous. |
| entourage |
a group of people who accompany another person as attendants or associates; retinue. |
| esoteric |
understood or known only by a few persons who have special training, access, or interests. |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| pejorative |
acting or tending to create a negative impression; disparaging; demeaning. |
| rescind |
to take back or make invalid; revoke. |
| titanic |
having enormous size, strength, or power; colossal; huge. |
| unctuous |
excessively or falsely earnest or amiable. |