| acclimate |
to become used to new weather conditions or surroundings. |
| arbiter |
someone who has the authority to decide an issue or settle a dispute. |
| capitalist |
one who supports an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market. |
| flippant |
disrespectful or indifferent to someone or something worthy of respect; shallowly humorous. |
| fodder |
feed for farm animals, such as stalks of corn cut and mixed with hay. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| materialize |
to become fact; be realized. |
| relegate |
to send or consign to a condition, place, or position of lesser importance or esteem. |
| ruse |
a trick, pretense, or diversion intended to deceive or mislead. |
| sentient |
having the capacity to receive sensations; able to perceive. |
| subsidy |
direct financial assistance provided by the government to a business, industry, educational institution, individual, or the like. |
| taint |
to slightly corrupt or pollute. |
| unconscionable |
not restrained or guided by a concern for what is right and just; unprincipled. |
| vestige |
a visible trace or sign of something no longer present or existing. |
| vitality |
exuberance; energy; vigor. |