| affluence |
material wealth. |
| amalgamation |
the act, process, or result of combining two or more, often disparate, things. |
| beneficent |
tending to do good; kindly; charitable. |
| breach |
an act of breaking a law or promise. |
| confound |
to perplex or bewilder; confuse. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| contrive |
to plan in a clever way; invent. |
| delicacy |
something delightful or rare, especially food. |
| despot |
a ruler who has complete power and authority. |
| diffuse |
in the physical sciences, to flow toward regions of lower concentration. |
| gawk |
to look at someone or something fixedly and somewhat dopily; gape. |
| grandeur |
the quality of being majestic or splendid. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| pittance |
a contemptibly small portion, amount, or payment. |
| workaday |
ordinary; mundane; everyday. |