As a change, we will have a post on words and phrases.
DEMUR (noun) - the act of making an objection, the objection raised e.g. "after some delay and demur"
EDIFYING - enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
(often used in the negative e.g. the unedifying involvement with insider trading)
FELICITY - happiness. With "the felicity of hindsight"
RAPACITY - extreme gluttony. "the evident rapacity of the investment banking environment"
RATIONALISM - a branch of philosophy where truth is determined by REASON
LUGUBRIOUS - excessively mournful
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