| clinch |
to make certain or final; settle. |
| commodity |
something that can be bought and sold. |
| complaisant |
eager or willing to please; amenable; obliging. |
| cosmopolitan |
of, drawn from, or common to all the world or all the peoples of the world. |
| digestible |
capable of being broken down and absorbed as food. |
| encumber |
to hinder the normal progress, performance, or use of. |
| finicky |
exceptionally fussy or hard to satisfy. |
| gentry |
people who come from families of high social standing. |
| interlude |
a pause, space, or event that intervenes; interval. |
| perdition |
the loss of the soul for eternity; damnation. |
| putrid |
of, concerning, or exhibiting rot or decomposition. |
| redeem |
to make up for; balance. |
| senile |
showing certain characteristics of old age, especially a deterioration of mental faculties or emotional control. |
| vindictive |
desirous of revenge; vengeful. |
| waif |
a child without a home or friends. |