| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| cater |
to supply food or other service. |
| covetous |
desiring that which belongs to another; wanting possessions; greedy. |
| impale |
to pierce and hold fast with a sharp-pointed instrument such as a spear. |
| incorrigible |
incapable of being controlled or influenced for the better. |
| materialize |
to become fact; be realized. |
| philanthropy |
collective efforts made to do good for others, especially in the form of making monetary donations or engaging in charitable works. |
| piety |
worshipful devotion to and veneration of God or family. |
| privation |
lack of necessities or common comforts of life. |
| prostrate |
to lie or throw (oneself) flat on the ground, especially face down in an act of humility, worship, or the like. |
| recurrence |
an act or instance of happening or appearing again or repeatedly. |
| refractory |
obstinately disobedient; difficult to control, as a child or animal. |
| regimen |
a regulated routine of therapy or exercise designed to promote health or fitness. |
| resurrect |
to restore to life or good standing; raise out of death or disrepute. |
| workaday |
ordinary; mundane; everyday. |