| adept |
having great skill or ability. |
| censorious |
highly critical or disapproving. |
| financier |
a person skilled in or occupied in financial operations, usually on a large scale. |
| obscene |
offensive and not decent. |
| paraphernalia |
(used with a singular or plural verb) furnishings or equipment, especially that used in a particular job or activity. |
| patron |
a regular customer of a shop, restaurant, or some other business. |
| pejorative |
acting or tending to create a negative impression; disparaging; demeaning. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| quip |
a short, humorous, clever, and often sarcastic utterance. |
| rehabilitate |
to restore to good health or to an otherwise improved state of being. |
| reprimand |
a strong, usually formal statement of disapproval; rebuke. |
| sobriety |
abstinence from alcohol; temperance. |
| stupor |
a state of unconsciousness, insensibility, or torpor. |
| subtlety |
the quality or condition of being difficult to detect or define. |
| unvaried |
marked by a lack of diversity; never changing. |