| adept |
having great skill or ability. |
| adversity |
a condition of trouble or difficulty. |
| affluent |
having a lot of money; rich; wealthy. |
| claimant |
one who alleges something to be true or demands something as one's right. |
| clairvoyant |
possessing the ability to see or know things that are beyond the five senses. |
| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| deride |
to ridicule or treat with scornful mockery. |
| derivation |
the source of a thing; origin. |
| infamy |
evil or shameful reputation. |
| ingrate |
an ungrateful person. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| observable |
able to be seen; visible. |
| overt |
openly apparent; not concealed. (Cf. covert.) |
| panache |
a confidently stylish, dashing, or flamboyant manner. |
| seclusion |
the act of isolating or hiding away, or the condition of being isolated in this way. |