| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| dapper |
neat and stylish in dress and appearance. |
| dictum |
a formal or official pronouncement or declaration. |
| effigy |
a likeness of a person, usually sculpted, as on a tomb. |
| exigency |
a condition of urgency. |
| gargantuan |
(sometimes capitalized) of enormous proportions; huge; gigantic. |
| imprecise |
not exact, accurate, or well-defined; vague. |
| leer |
to give a sideways or nasty look or smile suggestive of malicious or sexual thoughts. |
| nonchalance |
cool confidence and unconcern; casual indifference. |
| outstrip |
to exceed or surpass. |
| pastoral |
of or relating to the country or country life; rural. |
| promulgate |
to explain or give instruction in (a doctrine) in public; advocate. |
| rhapsody |
a musical composition having an irregular form suggesting improvisation. |
| skimp |
to be stingy or very sparing. |
| therapeutic |
of, pertaining to, or capable of healing; curative. |