| affinity |
a strong sense of liking; a natural attraction or sympathy. |
| amplitude |
the state or quality of being ample; largeness. |
| distillation |
the process of heating a substance to produce a vapor, which is then cooled and condensed, in order to purify, concentrate, or extract components from the substance. |
| egotist |
a conceited person; braggart. |
| gawk |
to look at someone or something fixedly and somewhat dopily; gape. |
| grievous |
causing emotional or physical suffering; painful. |
| hilarity |
noisy or boisterous merriment. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| invective |
strongly abusive or denunciatory speech or language. |
| juxtapose |
to bring together for the purpose of side-by-side comparison or contrast. |
| naturalistic |
exhibiting or pertaining to naturalism. |
| pauper |
a very poor person who must live on public money. |
| piety |
worshipful devotion to and veneration of God or family. |
| pompous |
showing an exaggerated sense of own's own importance. |
| possessive |
having a strong desire to own and keep things. |