| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| allegory |
in art or literature, the use of concrete characters, events, or things, to represent abstract qualities or ideas, often to make a point about good and evil. |
| ambulatory |
able to walk about. |
| aseptic |
free of bacteria or germs that cause disease or decay. |
| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| coda |
a passage that brings a musical composition to a conclusion. |
| defunct |
no longer in existence or use; dead; extinct. |
| imponderable |
unable to be evaluated or calculated accurately. |
| kindred |
a group of related people, such as a tribe or clan. |
| maternity |
the state of being a mother; motherhood. |
| opulence |
the condition of being luxuriant and costly. |
| patriarch |
a man who is the leader of a family or tribe. |
| portly |
rather fat; stout. |
| self-determination |
the ability or freedom of a people to decide their own form of government. |
| sheaf |
a bound bundle of cut grain. |