| attorney |
a person whose job is to give legal advice and to speak for people in court; lawyer. |
| bankruptcy |
the legal inability to pay debts. |
| buoyant |
lighthearted or cheerful. |
| conceivable |
capable of being thought of or imagined; thinkable. |
| dainty |
small, pretty, and delicate. |
| fascination |
the condition of having one's attention aroused and held, as by charm, beauty, or extreme interest. |
| fictional |
existing only in a made-up story and not existing in real life. |
| parch |
to make very dry by heating. |
| prognosis |
a forecast of the anticipated course of a disease, especially of the likelihood of recovery. |
| reactive |
characterized by reaction or response to a stimulus; tending to react. |
| refinement |
an improvement, usually in the details of something. |
| spasm |
a sudden uncontrolled contraction of a muscle or group of muscles. |
| squeamish |
nauseated, or tending to be easily nauseated or disgusted; queasy. |
| stability |
the condition or quality of being steady, fixed, or unchanging. |
| tempo |
the speed at which a musical piece is to be played. |