| aperture |
a narrow opening. |
| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| demur |
to object or indicate opposition to something. |
| disconsolate |
hopelessly unhappy; dejected. |
| discontinuance |
the act of stopping or condition of being stopped; interruption. |
| distillation |
the process of heating a substance to produce a vapor, which is then cooled and condensed, in order to purify, concentrate, or extract components from the substance. |
| financier |
a person skilled in or occupied in financial operations, usually on a large scale. |
| linguistic |
of or pertaining to language or the study of language. |
| pestilence |
an epidemic, usually deadly, disease; plague. |
| revere |
to respect or admire greatly. |
| rivulet |
a tiny stream or brook; trickle. |
| schematic |
of, pertaining to, or formed like an outline or diagram. |
| transcendental |
beyond the limits of ordinary experience, thought, or belief; supernatural, visionary, or mystical. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |