| captious |
inclined to petty criticism; faultfinding. |
| cognate |
having a common origin, as languages. |
| cohort |
(often derogatory) a friend or associate. |
| complacent |
too satisfied with oneself or one's situation. |
| crux |
an essential, basic, crucial, or pivotal point. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| faddish |
relating to or having the nature of a passing fashion or craze. |
| financier |
a person skilled in or occupied in financial operations, usually on a large scale. |
| impassioned |
full of strong emotion. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| panache |
a confidently stylish, dashing, or flamboyant manner. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| retroactive |
going into operation or effect as of a previous date, or in respect to past events or circumstances. |
| subsidy |
direct financial assistance provided by the government to a business, industry, educational institution, individual, or the like. |
| transcendental |
beyond the limits of ordinary experience, thought, or belief; supernatural, visionary, or mystical. |