| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| codicil |
an addition or appendix, especially one modifying the terms of a will. |
| debase |
to reduce in value, quality, esteem, or character. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| gawk |
to look at someone or something fixedly and somewhat dopily; gape. |
| incongruity |
the condition of being inappropriate or inconsistent. |
| limbo1 |
(often capitalized) in theology, a place neither in heaven nor hell for souls neither saved nor condemned, such as those of unbaptized infants. |
| metabolism |
the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues. |
| overture |
an opening move to begin something. |
| palpitate |
of the heart, to pulsate rapidly; flutter; quiver. |
| privation |
lack of necessities or common comforts of life. |
| prophetic |
foretelling or revealing the future. |
| query |
a question. |
| revert |
to return to a previous state, practice, belief, or the like. |
| stupefy |
to astound or bedazzle. |