| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| crossfire |
a volley of projectiles, especially gunfire, directed at some central point from two separated positions. |
| flippant |
disrespectful or indifferent to someone or something worthy of respect; shallowly humorous. |
| ingénue |
an inexperienced or artless girl or the role of a such a girl in a dramatic presentation. |
| invalidate |
to deprive a claim of force or effect by negating its factual or legal basis. |
| knave |
an unscrupulous person; evildoer. |
| lithe |
characterized by light, graceful, flexible movements. |
| mediate |
to act as an intermediary in (a dispute) or bring about (an agreement). |
| morbid |
in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death. |
| ostracize |
to exclude or shun, by general agreement of the group imposing the exclusion. |
| pallor |
unnatural lack of color, especially of the face. |
| protuberance |
that which projects; bulge or bump. |
| remiss |
careless or negligent, especially in the performance of one's duty. |
| retinue |
a group of attendants or other employees who accompany a prominent person. |
| turgid |
overwrought in language or style; too solemn or too ornate; inflated; bombastic. |