| capitalist |
one who supports an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market. |
| cater |
to supply food or other service. |
| circuitous |
having or taking a long and winding course or procedure; roundabout; indirect. |
| echelon |
a level of authority or rank, as in an organization. |
| fiscal |
pertaining to public or governmental finances. |
| hallowed |
considered sacred; venerated. |
| imitative |
of, involving, or characterized by reproduction or copying; not original. |
| intrinsic |
being essential to or of the nature of a thing; inherent. |
| outstrip |
to exceed or surpass. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| quota |
the part or share of something that is due to a person or group. |
| repast |
a meal, or the food eaten at a meal. |
| soluble |
able to be dissolved. |
| treatise |
a detailed and formal written work, usually dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. |
| turncoat |
one who changes from one party, allegiance, or the like, to the opposite, especially a traitor. |