| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| amenable |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable. |
| categorical |
with no exceptions or conditions; absolute. |
| conductive |
having the ability to allow the passage of electricity |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| electorate |
a body of those entitled to participate in an election; qualified voters, as a group. |
| fervid |
heated or impassioned; intensely enthusiastic. |
| fulsome |
offensive, especially because of excessiveness or insincerity. |
| infighting |
conflict or rivalry, often concealed, within an organization or group. |
| inoffensive |
having no insulting or harmful qualities; innocuous. |
| intonation |
the pattern of changes in pitch of the speaking or singing voice. |
| junta |
a small group, often of military officers, acting as the rulers of a nation, especially provisionally after the overthrow of a previous government. |
| lassitude |
lack of mental or physical energy; weariness or listlessness; lethargy. |
| recount |
to tell a history of events; relate; narrate. |
| uninitiated |
combined form of initiated. |