| antipodes |
places directly opposite each other on the surface of the earth, as the North Pole and the South Pole. |
| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| bilious |
ill-tempered; irritable. |
| brevity |
shortness of duration. |
| disinclination |
a feeling of distaste; unwillingness or reluctance. |
| emend |
to correct or improve (written text), especially by removing errors; edit. |
| hilarity |
noisy or boisterous merriment. |
| inexhaustible |
unable to be used up; endless. |
| manipulate |
to handle or operate skillfully with the hands. |
| mendacity |
a tendency to lie; untruthfulness. |
| mercenary |
interested only in money and material gain. |
| progeny |
a descendant, or descendants collectively; offspring. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| restitution |
the payment of money in order to compensate for damage, loss, or injury. |
| squalor |
living conditions that are filthy, or the state of being dirty or foul. |