| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| circumstantial |
relevant but not essential; incidental. |
| climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
| duplicitous |
deceitful, treacherous, or double-dealing. |
| fractious |
inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky. |
| ineffectual |
incapable of acting effectively. |
| inferiority |
the fact or condition of being lesser in quality, worth, importance, rank, or position. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| noteworthy |
deserving attention; remarkable. |
| ostracize |
to exclude or shun, by general agreement of the group imposing the exclusion. |
| remit |
to refrain from carrying out; cancel. |
| seclusion |
the act of isolating or hiding away, or the condition of being isolated in this way. |
| tome |
a large thick book, often one of a multivolume scholarly work. |
| transitory |
lasting for only a short time; brief. |
| viscid |
of a gluelike consistency. |