Pecunious
Virtuosic
The word sought is "solitary."
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SublimateImprovedActually, sublimate is to change from a solid to a gas while skipping the liquid state. However, the 9 letter word changing WATER into vapor is evaporate.
terminate
ancestors.
Stateside
Authentic.
emaciated
MAGNITUDE
A nine letter word meaning a place where coffins are stored could be mausoleum.
Imprudent
tasteless
originate
excursion
Exoticism