| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |