| advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| cohort |
(often derogatory) a friend or associate. |
| decorous |
proper or formal with respect to behavior, manners, appearance, or the like. |
| derivation |
the source of a thing; origin. |
| embellish |
to improve by, or as though by, decorations; decorate. |
| extant |
still in existence; current; not extinct, destroyed, or lost. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| inescapable |
unable to be avoided or ignored. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| invalidate |
to deprive a claim of force or effect by negating its factual or legal basis. |
| pensive |
thoughtful in a sad or deeply serious way. |
| repertory |
a stock of skills, talents, or performing pieces; repertoire. |
| squalid |
dirty or foul, as from neglect. |
| untimely |
not occurring at a convenient or appropriate time; poorly timed. |