| benefactor |
one who helps or brings good to an individual or an institution, usually by giving money. |
| conflagration |
a large, damaging fire. |
| discrepancy |
lack of agreement; difference; inconsistency. |
| evanescent |
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; fleeting. |
| imperceptible |
so gradual or subtle as to be unnoticed or unnoticeable. |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| intrinsic |
being essential to or of the nature of a thing; inherent. |
| mediate |
to act as an intermediary in (a dispute) or bring about (an agreement). |
| miscreant |
evil or malevolent; villainous. |
| piteous |
worthy of or inspiring great sympathy. |
| sanctify |
to make sacred or holy; consecrate. |
| soliloquy |
an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone. |
| tenacious |
holding on or tending to hold on strongly or persistently (sometimes followed by "of"). |
| vantage |
a position or situation that offers a broad or especially good view, comprehension, or the like. |
| wan |
very pale. |