| auspicious |
likely to be followed by favorable events. |
| azure |
the color of a clear blue sky. |
| beneficiary |
one who receives or is formally designated to receive money or property, as from a will or insurance policy. |
| informant |
one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source. |
| invincible |
too strong to be defeated. |
| kindred |
a group of related people, such as a tribe or clan. |
| malice |
the wish to harm others; ill will. |
| matriarch |
a woman who acts as head of a family, tribe, or other group of people. |
| meticulous |
very careful or precise. |
| repress |
to restrain or prevent the expression of (feelings, utterances, or the like). |
| spurious |
not genuine, authentic, or valid; false. |
| tangential |
barely connected to or touching a subject. |
| temperament |
the manner of thinking, feeling, and acting that is characteristic of a particular person or animal. |
| treatise |
a detailed and formal written work, usually dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. |
| unproductive |
not yielding useful or helpful results; not fruitful. |