| arrears |
the state of being delinquent in the payment of financial obligations (usually preceded by "in"). |
| concoct |
to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| constituent |
forming a part of something. |
| materialism |
great or excessive concern with the acquisition of wealth or possessions, especially as opposed to the attainment of spiritual goals. |
| mellifluous |
flowing and sweet, as though with honey. |
| mire |
deep, heavy mud or soil. |
| orifice |
an opening, such as a vent, mouth, or hole, through which something can pass. |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. |
| plaintive |
showing or expressing sadness or sorrow. |
| ramification |
a consequence or related aspect of something; offshoot. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| retrograde |
moving or tending to move in a backward direction; retreating. |
| soliloquy |
an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone. |
| staid |
formal, solemn, and reserved in character. |
| tithe |
an amount of money, produce, or goods equal in value to a tenth of one's income, given or paid as a contribution or tax, especially to a church. |