| Term | Definition |
|---|
| acrid | bitterly pungent or harsh in taste or smell; sharply stinging |
| acerbic | sour or bitter in taste, harsh or sharp in speech, manner or temper |
| redemption | deliverance from sin. retrieved, reclamation, reformation |
| impecunious | lacking money; penniless |
| purport | to claim; to profess; to appear to be |
| comportment | behavior; demeanor; mode of bearing or movement |
| plutocrat | a member of a governing wealthy class or a person whose wealth grants political influence |
| impecunious | lacking money; penniless |
| pecuniary | relating to money or necessary payment of it |
| pecunia | money; wealth |
| premise | a proposition offered as a basis for arguement; in logic each other 1st two propositions in syllogism |
| emissary | a person sent on a special mission |
| demise | death or the end of existence or operation of something |
| dynasty | a succession of rules from the same family group or line; a succession of influential people linked by familial, political, social or cultural association |
| dynamo | an electric generator, an extremely forceful, energetic or hardworking person |
| dunasthai | to be able; to have strength |
| querulous | complaining, irritable, peevish |
| inquisition | a prolonged inquiry or questioning especially a harsh investigation on religious or political issues |
| acquisitive | eagerly seeking to obtain things, wealth or information |
| meretricious | attention-getting in a vulgary way; tawdry or tacky; insincere; based on pretense or deception |
| meritorious | praiseworthy; deserving reward or esteem |
| importune | to make repeated and insistent demands or requests |
| opportunist | a person/animal taking advantages of any chance to achieve an end in a forceful or self-serving way |
| presumption | arrogance; excessive self-assurance; unbecoming boldness; grounds for belief; assumption or supposition |
| subsume | to place in a larger category or under a general heading or principle |
| sumptuary | pertaining to or regulating expenditure, often for religious or moral reasons, usually relating to clothing or food |
| technocracy | government or social systems that put technological theories into practice |
| peremptory | urgently commanding; officials or arrogantly dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or further disagreement |
| acrimony | bitter, sharp, animosity, especially in behavior or speech |
| exacerbate | to increase the severity of something; to intensify irritation or violence |
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