| aperture |
a narrow opening. |
| beneficiary |
one who receives or is formally designated to receive money or property, as from a will or insurance policy. |
| colloquial |
characteristic of or suited to informal or familiar conversation or to writing that is imitative of conversational tone. |
| consequential |
coming after as an outcome or result. |
| convivial |
enjoying feasting, drinking, and socializing; sociable. |
| deficit |
The amount by which something is less than what is needed. A deficit of money is caused by spending more than has been taken in. |
| dissociate |
to sever a mental connection between; separate. |
| exculpate |
to free (a person or group) from guilt or blame, or from the suspicion of guilt or blame. |
| indolent |
inclined to avoid exertion or effort; lazy. |
| innuendo |
an indirect and usually derogatory hint, allusion, or insinuation. |
| inveterate |
persisting in a habit, action, feeling, or the like. |
| legacy |
money, property, or other goods left to someone in a will. |
| mannerism |
a distinctive and habitual behavioral characteristic. |
| tithe |
an amount of money, produce, or goods equal in value to a tenth of one's income, given or paid as a contribution or tax, especially to a church. |
| trajectory |
the actual or expected path of a moving object, especially the curve followed by a projectile, missile, or spacecraft in flight. |