| complaisance |
willingness to please. |
| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| cuisine |
a particular type of cooking, especially that of a particular region, or the food in general that is prepared in this way. |
| derivation |
the source of a thing; origin. |
| dole |
to deal out or distribute (food, money, or the like) in small amounts to needy people (usually followed by "out"). |
| eloquence |
skill or ability to use language that impresses or persuades. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| exchangeable |
capable of being interchanged with or given in return for another. |
| extricate |
to free or release from difficulty, entanglement, or involvement; disengage. |
| haggard |
having a very tired, worried, or wasted look. |
| petulance |
the state or quality of being easily or unreasonably irritated, impatient, or ill tempered. |
| preclude |
to prevent from happening by means of prior action or previously established condition. |
| prodigious |
inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
| redouble |
to make twice as great; renew more vigorously; intensify. |
| wayward |
difficult to control; willfully disobedient. |