| affluence |
material wealth. |
| concealment |
the act of hiding something from sight, or the condition of being hidden from sight. |
| corrugate |
to shape or bend or become shaped or bent into parallel, wavelike ridges and grooves. |
| eloquence |
skill or ability to use language that impresses or persuades. |
| finite |
limited in number, quantity, or duration; capable of being measured. (Cf. infinite.) |
| havoc |
ruin or devastation. |
| imbibe |
to take up or consume by drinking. |
| permeate |
to pass or diffuse through; penetrate. |
| pestilence |
an epidemic, usually deadly, disease; plague. |
| ramshackle |
poorly constructed or in disrepair; rickety. |
| referendum |
the submission of a legislative measure to a vote by the general public, or the vote thus taken. |
| satirical |
containing or marked by the use of parody or irony to ridicule or denounce human corruptness or folly. |
| succulent |
full of juice or sap; juicy. |
| truism |
a self-evident statement; platitude. |
| tyrannical |
imposing one's will on others by threat or force; despotic; oppressive. |