| accumulate |
to pile up, collect, or gather. |
| climax |
the most exciting or interesting point in a series of events. |
| cloak |
a long, loose, outer garment without sleeves. |
| deft |
skillful, quick, and clever in action. |
| entrepreneur |
someone who assumes the financial risk of beginning and operating one or several businesses. |
| hazy |
marked or clouded by haze; misty. |
| poise |
a state or position of balance. |
| poverty |
the condition of being poor; a lack of money. |
| rampage |
a course of angry, violent, or destructive behavior. |
| rueful |
feeling, showing, or causing regret or sorrow. |
| sincere |
genuine, true, and not pretended. |
| sophistication |
the quality or condition of having worldly knowledge, elegant refinement, or technological complexity. |
| tolerance |
willingness to accept people whose race, religion, opinions, or habits are different from one's own. |
| trend |
a general course, direction, or tendency. |
| waver1 |
to move back and forth in a fluttering motion; sway. |