| affluent |
having a lot of money; rich; wealthy. |
| agnostic |
one who believes it is impossible to know anything about the existence or nonexistence of God or about the essential nature of things beyond the material universe. |
| audit |
an often official examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy, or the report of such an examination. |
| doctrinaire |
dogmatically adhering to a theory or a school of thought, regardless of its practicality. |
| egregious |
remarkably bad; flagrant; glaring. |
| gender |
the sex of a person or animal. |
| implicit |
implied rather than directly stated. |
| languor |
lack of strength or energy; weakness or listlessness. |
| obsequious |
showing or tending to show servile obedience or deference; fawning. |
| remunerative |
providing or likely to provide payment or reward; profitable. |
| rift |
a break in social relations, because of a difference of opinion, quarrel, or the like; breach. |
| simultaneously |
at the very same time. |
| skimp |
to be stingy or very sparing. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| zealot |
a person who is excessively and often intolerantly enthusiastic, especially about a cause or religious faith; fanatic. |