| affluence |
material wealth. |
| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| bawdy |
coarsely or indecently humorous; risqué. |
| chasten |
to awaken conscience or bring about moral improvement through suffering, discipline, or punishment. |
| commensurate |
of equal measure, as extent or duration. |
| imitative |
of, involving, or characterized by reproduction or copying; not original. |
| judicious |
characterized by or using sound judgment; wise; prudent. |
| novice |
a person with little or no experience at a particular job or activity. |
| renovate |
to put in good condition by repairing, remodeling, or the like; refurbish. |
| reproof |
an act or statement of disapproval. |
| rescind |
to take back or make invalid; revoke. |
| rigorous |
showing strictness or sternness. |
| stipulate |
to specify or arrange as a condition of an agreement. |
| stolid |
neither feeling nor showing much range of emotion; impassive. |
| zealot |
a person who is excessively and often intolerantly enthusiastic, especially about a cause or religious faith; fanatic. |