| advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
| audit |
an often official examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy, or the report of such an examination. |
| churl |
a rude or vulgar person. |
| compassion |
a feeling of sharing another's suffering that leads to a desire to help. |
| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| constituent |
forming a part of something. |
| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
| exhort |
to advise, urge, or incite with great seriousness. |
| indolent |
inclined to avoid exertion or effort; lazy. |
| nicety |
a subtle distinction; fine point. |
| nomenclature |
a specialized system or set of names and terms used in a particular science, art, or other field of study or training. |
| pretext |
a false reason or claim put forward to mask one's true motive or aim. |
| Spartan |
(usually lower case) characterised by simplicity and austerity. |
| surrogate |
acting as, or considered to be, a substitute or replacement. |