| affirmation |
the act of affirming. |
| dexterity |
grace and easy quickness in using the hands or body; skill. |
| encumbrance |
something or someone that hinders or burdens; impediment. |
| hitherto |
until this time; previously. |
| languor |
lack of strength or energy; weakness or listlessness. |
| mollify |
to ease or soothe the anger or emotion of; make calmer; appease. |
| petulance |
the state or quality of being easily or unreasonably irritated, impatient, or ill tempered. |
| problematic |
presenting difficulties or causing doubt; questionable. |
| puerile |
immature or silly; childish. |
| recompense |
payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like. |
| sensory |
of or pertaining to hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, or touching. |
| slacken |
to decrease activity, strength, speed, intensity, or the like. |
| subsidy |
direct financial assistance provided by the government to a business, industry, educational institution, individual, or the like. |
| tolerable |
capable of being put up with or endured. |
| unregulated |
not subject to rules or constraints. |