| affluent |
having a lot of money; rich; wealthy. |
| diaphanous |
of fabric or the like, almost transparent; sheer; filmy; delicate. |
| equilibrium |
a state of balance between two or more forces. |
| euphemism |
the word or expression so substituted. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| ire |
anger or wrath. |
| jollity |
the state or quality of being merry; gaiety. |
| maniacal |
marked by wildness, craziness, and violence. |
| minuscule |
so small as to be almost negligible; tiny. |
| ossify |
to become inflexible or rigid, as in thought or behavior. |
| philanthropist |
one who engages in charitable activities. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |
| uncharted |
not recorded on any map; unexplored or unknown, as some geographical area or field of research. |