| annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
| bonanza |
anything that brings great wealth and prosperity. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| glacial |
of, concerning, coming from, or marked by the presence of glaciers or other large ice masses. |
| impale |
to pierce and hold fast with a sharp-pointed instrument such as a spear. |
| intone |
to recite in musical or lengthened tones, especially in a monotone; chant. |
| introspection |
examination of one's own thoughts, emotions, and sensations; self-scrutiny. |
| intuition |
the power to know or understand something without thinking it through in a logical way. |
| missive |
a message in writing; letter. |
| parley |
a discussion, especially between opponents or enemies, as to establish terms of truce. |
| pervade |
to spread or be present everywhere in. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| sanctify |
to make sacred or holy; consecrate. |
| sedate |
calm and under control; quiet. |
| squabble |
to quarrel over trivial matters; bicker. |