| annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
| banter |
joking, clever conversation. |
| confound |
to perplex or bewilder; confuse. |
| fervid |
heated or impassioned; intensely enthusiastic. |
| heterogeneous |
made up of parts or members that differ from each other. (Cf. homogeneous.) |
| imitative |
of, involving, or characterized by reproduction or copying; not original. |
| imponderable |
unable to be evaluated or calculated accurately. |
| latent |
present but not yet apparent, developed, or operative. |
| ludicrous |
worthy of mockery; laughable and ridiculous. |
| paean |
a song or hymn sung as an expression of praise. |
| poignant |
deeply touching; arousing strong emotion, especially sadness or sympathy; piercing; penetrating. |
| quota |
the part or share of something that is due to a person or group. |
| retention |
the act or process of maintaining the possession or use of. |
| sordid |
morally bad; ignoble or base. |
| strident |
harsh-sounding or loud; raucous; grating. |