| benefactor |
one who helps or brings good to an individual or an institution, usually by giving money. |
| contend |
to struggle; fight against difficulties or opposition. |
| crossbreed |
to cause (a hybrid organism) to be produced by mating two different varieties of the same species. |
| infallible |
incapable of error. |
| inviolate |
not broken, disturbed, or profaned; pure or intact. |
| maul |
to hurt by beating or through other rough treatment. |
| pretext |
a false reason or claim put forward to mask one's true motive or aim. |
| privation |
lack of necessities or common comforts of life. |
| recurrent |
happening again or repeatedly. |
| renounce |
to give up (a right or claim) usually by formal declaration or announcement; waive. |
| replenish |
to make complete or full again; refill. |
| slacken |
to decrease activity, strength, speed, intensity, or the like. |
| tangential |
barely connected to or touching a subject. |
| totality |
the state or quality of being total. |
| veritable |
true; authentic; real. |