| baroque |
(often capitalized) the style or period in art, music, and architecture prevailing in Europe following the Renaissance, characterized by bold and elaborate forms of ornamentation. |
| beneficial |
having a good or favorable effect; helpful. |
| census |
an official count of the people who live in a country or other area. A census is also used to collect information about these people, such as their job, age, or sex. |
| finance |
to provide money for. |
| gluttonous |
inclined to eat excessively; voracious. |
| immature |
not completely grown or developed; not mature. |
| inward |
in or toward the inside or center. |
| livelihood |
means of earning or getting what is needed to live. |
| mirage |
an illusion in which something is seen in the distance but is not really there. |
| missionary |
a person who is sent by a church or religious order to a foreign country to teach, convert, heal, or serve. |
| pretense |
an act or instance of pretending; sham or fiction. |
| pulverize |
to make into powder, as by crushing, grinding, or pounding. |
| rendezvous |
a meeting that has been arranged ahead of time. |
| sincerity |
a thorough and genuine honesty; candor; earnestness. |
| sophistication |
the quality or condition of having worldly knowledge, elegant refinement, or technological complexity. |