annuity |
a regular yearly income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. |
complement |
to go well with, complete, or perfect. |
cumulative |
becoming larger or greater by means of gradual addition. |
dogmatist |
one who asserts opinions or beliefs as though they were facts. |
emanate |
to come or send forth; issue or emit. |
iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. |
materialize |
to become fact; be realized. |
palatable |
acceptable or pleasing to the sense of taste. |
pejorative |
acting or tending to create a negative impression; disparaging; demeaning. |
prohibitive |
serving as a preventative. |
psychosis |
serious mental disorder that affects all aspects of the personality and involves withdrawal from reality. |
reaffirm |
to verify by asserting again. |
scanty |
barely adequate; meager. |
unnoticed |
not seen, perceived, or discovered. |
unregulated |
not subject to rules or constraints. |