| agnostic |
one who believes it is impossible to know anything about the existence or nonexistence of God or about the essential nature of things beyond the material universe. |
| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| coerce |
to persuade or pressure (a person) to do something by using threats, intimidation, or the like. |
| disarray |
confusion or disorder. |
| disuse |
the state or condition of not being used or practiced any longer. |
| entomology |
the science concerned with insects. |
| ferment |
a state of upset or fast change. |
| financier |
a person skilled in or occupied in financial operations, usually on a large scale. |
| incongruity |
the condition of being inappropriate or inconsistent. |
| laity |
the body of members of a religious group who are not part of the clergy. |
| mercurial |
volatile in temper; changeable; fickle. |
| officiate |
to function as a priest or minister in a religious ceremony. |
| pariah |
a despised or socially outcast person. |
| pessimism |
the belief that events will turn out badly; tendency to expect the worst. |
| posterior |
located behind or toward the back of something. |