The definition for benefactor is "One who offers financial help." Used in a sentence: Michael's aunt and benefactor paid his college tuition. The definition for authoritarian is "favoring absolute obedience to authority.", the definition for mandate is "An official order or commission to do something.", and the definition for accentuate is "To emphasize."

The definition for apathetic is "Showing little or no emotion." Used in a sentence: Carmine was concerned about his usually cheerful brother's apathetic attitude. The definition for turpitude is "essential baseness, depravity.", the definition for colossal is "Immense, enormous.", and the definition for insinuate is "To suggest indirectly."

The definition for prominence is "Importance." Used in a sentence: The singer's prominence ensured that the concert would sell out. The definition for elate is "to fill with joy.", the definition for negate is "To make invalid.", and the definition for oblivious is "Lacking awareness."

The definition for abate is "Become less in amount or intensity." Used in a sentence: Just when it seemed the rain would never stop, the storm suddenly began to abate. The definition for brandish is "to shake or wave menacingly.", the definition for lenient is "Mild or tolerant.", and the definition for belated is "Past the normal or proper time."

The definition for gruff is "Rough or stern in manner or speech." Used in a sentence: Heidi's grandfather was gruff, barking stern orders and hardly smiling. The definition for genial is "sympathetic, friendly.", the definition for gargantuan is "Gigantic.", and the definition for mundane is "Practical, ordinary."