| broker |
a person whose business is to negotiate buying and selling, especially of stocks or real estate, on another's behalf. |
| dainty |
small, pretty, and delicate. |
| epidemic |
an outbreak of disease that spreads rapidly to many people in one area. |
| finance |
to provide money for. |
| hospitality |
friendly, warm, and generous ways of entertaining or taking care of guests or strangers. |
| icon |
a person or thing that people recognize as a symbol of something and is an object of great respect and admiration. |
| maim |
to hurt badly by destroying a part of the body or making it useless. |
| off-key |
not on the right musical note or pitch; flat or sharp. |
| poverty |
the condition of being poor; a lack of money. |
| predictable |
able to be foreseen or anticipated. |
| quirky |
characterized by oddities or peculiarities. |
| sovereignty |
supreme power or authority, especially over a state or other political body. |
| suffuse |
of a color, liquid, or the like, to spread throughout or across the surface of. |
| summon |
to call to appear for a particular purpose. |
| tabulate |
to arrange or organize systematically, especially in the form of a table. |