| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| droll |
wryly amusing or humorous. |
| epitaph |
on a gravestone or tomb, an inscription commemorating the dead person. |
| garish |
marked by excessive or tasteless color or decoration; gaudy; flashy. |
| inestimable |
of value or worth that cannot be measured; invaluable. |
| legacy |
money, property, or other goods left to someone in a will. |
| lobbyist |
one who attempts, on behalf of a special interest group, to influence the way legislators vote. |
| lucrative |
producing monetary gain; profitable. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| mendacious |
untruthful. |
| perjury |
the crime of telling a lie in a court after promising under oath to tell the truth. |
| resonance |
ability to make a strong or lasting effect, especially because of an emotional association. |
| seemly |
in accord with decency and propriety; suitable; fitting; decorous. |
| verdant |
green. |
| zealot |
a person who is excessively and often intolerantly enthusiastic, especially about a cause or religious faith; fanatic. |