| annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
| consolidate |
to join together into a whole; combine. |
| evanescent |
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; fleeting. |
| fervid |
heated or impassioned; intensely enthusiastic. |
| indelible |
incapable of being removed or obliterated; permanent. |
| inherent |
existing in or belonging to something as an essential or inborn part of its nature; innate; intrinsic. |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. |
| officiate |
to function as a priest or minister in a religious ceremony. |
| optic |
of or concerning the eye or the sense of sight. |
| stalemate |
any situation in which a further action, offer, or the like is impossible or unlikely; deadlock. |
| terse |
effectively brief and to the point; concise; pithy. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |
| unimpressive |
lacking notable qualities; unremarkable; not impressive. |
| urbane |
refined in manner; polished; elegant. |
| veneer |
a superficial outward appearance or show. |