| altercation |
a loud or angry argument or quarrel. |
| capitalist |
one who supports an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market. |
| cessation |
a pausing or stopping; discontinuance. |
| coda |
a passage that brings a musical composition to a conclusion. |
| condolence |
sympathy with a grieving or suffering person. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| decadent |
tending to indulge in sensual pleasures; hedonistic. |
| digression |
the act or result of straying from the main topic. |
| elaboration |
the act or an instance of adding explanatory material or detail, or the material or detail so added. |
| nondescript |
having no individual distinctiveness; lacking in notable features. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| secrete |
to produce a fluid or other substance and release it into or out of the body. |
| slake |
to satisfy or relieve (thirst, appetite, lust, or the like) by decreasing the strength or intensity of. |
| suffice |
to meet the needs, goals, or the like of; be adequate for. |
| vestige |
a visible trace or sign of something no longer present or existing. |