| arduous |
entailing great difficulty, exertion, or endurance; laborious. |
| chasten |
to awaken conscience or bring about moral improvement through suffering, discipline, or punishment. |
| defray |
to pay or assist in the payment of (costs or the like). |
| diffident |
unsure of oneself; shy; demure. |
| equilibrium |
a state of balance between two or more forces. |
| exculpate |
to free (a person or group) from guilt or blame, or from the suspicion of guilt or blame. |
| glib |
speaking or prone to speak easily and fluently, especially in a careless or thoughtless manner, with little concern for the truth. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| imperfection |
a flaw or fault. |
| landlocked |
without any access to the sea. |
| misguide |
to misdirect or lead astray. |
| profuse |
great in amount or number. |
| provisional |
adopted on a temporary or tentative basis until something permanent is established; conditional. |
| satirical |
containing or marked by the use of parody or irony to ridicule or denounce human corruptness or folly. |
| tryst |
a meeting held at a specified time and place, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous. |