| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| coerce |
to persuade or pressure (a person) to do something by using threats, intimidation, or the like. |
| curvature |
the condition of being bent or rounded. |
| degeneration |
the process of decline or decay. |
| docile |
obedient and easy to manage. |
| eventuality |
something that might happen; contingent occurrence. |
| intonation |
the pattern of changes in pitch of the speaking or singing voice. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| machination |
(usually plural) elaborate or devious schemes. |
| malevolent |
wishing or doing evil to others; ill-willed; malicious. |
| renounce |
to give up (a right or claim) usually by formal declaration or announcement; waive. |
| salubrious |
favorable to good health; healthy; wholesome. |
| susceptible |
easily influenced or impressed (usually followed by "to"). |
| suture |
the act or process of surgically joining or sewing together the edges of a wound, incision, or the like. |
| synoptic |
forming a summary or overview. |