| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| auxiliary |
serving as an extra means of support; additional. |
| decimation |
the act of destroying a large part or number of something. |
| experimentation |
the act, process, or practice of running tests or trials. |
| fervent |
having or expressing warmth, depth, or intensity of feeling. |
| figurative |
not meant to be interpreted in a literal way; metaphorical. |
| financier |
a person skilled in or occupied in financial operations, usually on a large scale. |
| fiscal |
pertaining to public or governmental finances. |
| inexhaustible |
unable to be used up; endless. |
| monologue |
a long speech or reading given by a single speaker. |
| perpendicular |
at a right angle to. |
| pessimistic |
feeling in a negative way about things; expecting the worst to happen. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| vernacular |
spoken by the native or common people of a region or country. |
| visceral |
stemming from instinct or intuition rather than the intellect. |