arrogant — Someone who is arrogant behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that they are more important than others.
celebrant — A celebrant is a person who performs or takes part in a religious ceremony.
celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
decadent — If you say that a person or society is decadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure.
deficit — A deficit is the amount by which something is less than what is required or expected, especially the amount by which the total money received is less than the total money spent.
definite — If something such as a decision or an arrangement is definite, it is firm and clear, and unlikely to be changed.
delegate — A delegate is a person who is chosen to vote or make decisions on behalf of a group of other people, especially at a conference or a meeting.
delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
detriment — If something happens to the detriment of something or to a person's detriment, it causes harm or damage to them.
elegance — The quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner; style.
elegant — Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
element — A part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic.
gelatin — a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
geminate — Also, geminated. combined or arranged in pairs; twin; coupled.
hesitant — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
medicine — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the health professions by doctors, nurses, and others involved in allied health care services. A dictionary with authoritative spellings and definitions is a particularly crucial resource in medicine, where a misspelling or misunderstanding can have unfortunate consequences for people under care. Print dictionaries in this field may be sorted alphabetically or may be categorized according to medical specializations or by the various systems in the body, as the immune system and the respiratory system. The online Medical Dictionary on Dictionary.com allows alphabetical browsing in the combined electronic versions of more than one authoritative medical reference, insuring access to correct spellings, as well as immediate, direct access to a known search term typed into the search box on the site: A medical dictionary reveals that large numbers of medical terms are formed from the same Latin and Greek parts combined and recombined.
melanin — any of a class of insoluble pigments, found in all forms of animal life, that account for the dark color of skin, hair, fur, scales, feathers, etc.
methodist — a member of the largest Christian denomination that grew out of the revival of religion led by John Wesley: stresses both personal and social morality and has an Arminian doctrine and, in the U.S., a modified episcopal polity.
militant — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
negligent — guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty: negligent officials.
netiquette — the rules of etiquette that apply when communicating over computer networks, especially the Internet.
pelican — any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
pessimist — a person who habitually sees or anticipates the worst or is disposed to be gloomy.
prejudiced — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
prevalent — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
regiment — Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
registrant — a person who registers or is registered.
relevance — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
relevant — bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
requisite — required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.
impressionist — a person who follows or adheres to the theories, methods, and practices of impressionism, especially in the fields of painting, music, or literature.
indefinite — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
integument — a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind.
intelligence — capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
intelligent — having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
irrelevant — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
magnificent — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
malevolent — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
new testament — the collection of the books of the Bible that were produced by the early Christian church, comprising the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Revelation of St. John the Divine.
old testament — the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. In the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
perfectionist — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
preeminent — eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing: He is preeminent in his profession.
prerequisite — required beforehand: a prerequisite fund of knowledge.
resettlement — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
temperament — the combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person; natural predisposition.
trace element — any element that is required in minute quantities for physiological functioning.
trade deficit — A trade deficit is a situation in which a country imports goods worth more than the value of the goods that it exports.
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budget deficit — the amount by which government expenditure exceeds income from taxation, customs duties, etc, in any one fiscal year
housing development — a group of houses or apartments, usually of the same size and design, often erected on a tract of land by one builder and controlled by one management.
ribbon development — housing or commercial buildings built along a stretch of road.
underdevelop — to develop (something) short of the required amount: to underdevelop film.
viatical settlement — the purchase by a charity of a life assurance policy owned by a person with only a short time to live, to enable that person to use the proceeds during his or her lifetime
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identity element — the state or fact of remaining the same one or ones, as under varying aspects or conditions: The identity of the fingerprints on the gun with those on file provided evidence that he was the killer.
