| annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| devoid |
not having something; totally lacking. |
| disinclination |
a feeling of distaste; unwillingness or reluctance. |
| disuse |
the state or condition of not being used or practiced any longer. |
| doctrinaire |
dogmatically adhering to a theory or a school of thought, regardless of its practicality. |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. |
| facile |
acting or working in an easy, effortless manner. |
| feasible |
capable of being done, carried out, or brought about; likely to succeed. |
| generalize |
to come to a broad idea or rule about something after considering particular facts. |
| indisputable |
not subject to being challenged or denied; unquestionable. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| reprimand |
a strong, usually formal statement of disapproval; rebuke. |
| retrospect |
reflection on the past or on past events or achievements. |
| vie |
to compete with another for victory, superiority, or the like (usually followed by "for"). |