| bilious |
ill-tempered; irritable. |
| capitalist |
one who supports an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market. |
| disavow |
to deny having (knowledge, intention, or the like). |
| egoism |
the tendency to evaluate everything in relation to one's own interests; self-centeredness. |
| elaboration |
the act or an instance of adding explanatory material or detail, or the material or detail so added. |
| embellish |
to improve by, or as though by, decorations; decorate. |
| epitaph |
on a gravestone or tomb, an inscription commemorating the dead person. |
| ire |
anger or wrath. |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. |
| perdition |
the loss of the soul for eternity; damnation. |
| pivotal |
critically important or crucial; on which something is contingent. |
| rabble1 |
a confused and uncontrolled crowd; disorderly mob. |
| remit |
to refrain from carrying out; cancel. |
| spendthrift |
one who is extravagant or wasteful with money; squanderer. |
| subversive |
tending or intended to undermine or cause the overthrow of an established authority, especially a national government. |