| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| amplitude |
the state or quality of being ample; largeness. |
| consonance |
agreement, correspondence, or harmony. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| imperturbable |
not easily excited or disturbed; calm. |
| incipient |
starting to exist or become apparent; in an early stage of development. |
| itinerary |
a detailed plan of travel. |
| notation |
a system of signs used to stand for numbers, words, or musical notes. |
| potency |
the condition of being strong in effect or powerful. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| rejoinder |
a response to a reply; retort. |
| scathing |
harshly condemning; brutal. |
| sporadic |
occurring irregularly or in a thinly scattered manner in time or space. |
| theocracy |
a form of government in which a god or gods are acknowledged as the ultimate authority. |
| unsubstantiated |
lacking the evidence or verification needed to establish as true. |